Research Catalog

Title

Dogs : their fossil relatives and evolutionary history / Xiaoming Wang, Richard H. Tedford ; illustrations by Mauricio Antón.

Author

Wang, Xiaoming, 1957-

Publication

New York : Columbia University Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tedford, Richard H.
• Antón, Mauricio.

Description

viii, 219 pages : illustrations (some color), map; 27 cm

Summary

"Xiaoming Wang has spent the past 20 years studying the evolutionary history of the family Canidae, and Richard H. Tedford is well known for having established the modern framework for the evolutionary relationship of canids. Combining their research with Mauricio Anton's impeccable reconstructions of both extinct and extant species, Wang and Tedford present a remarkably detailed and nuanced portrait of the origin and evolution of canids over the past 40 million years. The authors cull their history from the most recent scientific research conducted in the vast collections of the American Museum of Natural History and other leading institutions."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Dogs
• Canis, Fossil
• Dogs > Evolution

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-207) and index.

Contents

1. Methods of Study and the Place of Dogs in Nature -- 2. The Origin of Canids and Other Doglike Carnivorous Mammals -- 3. Diversity: Who Is Who in the Dog Family -- 4. Anatomy and Function: How the Parts Work -- 5. Hunting and Social Activity -- 6. Changing Environments and Canid Evolution -- 7. Going Places: Braving New Worlds -- 8. Domestic Dogs -- App. 1. Canid Species and Classification -- App. 2. Phylogenetic Tree of the Family Canidae.

ISBN

• 9780231135283 (cloth : alk. paper : alk. paper)
• 0231135289 (cloth : alk. paper : alk. paper)
• 9780231509435 (e-book)
• 023150943X (e-book)

LCCN

2007052328

OCLC

• ocn185095648
• 185095648
• SCSB-5418706

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries