A guide to the mammals of China / editors, Andrew T. Smith and Yan Xie ; contributing authors , Robert S. Hoffmann ... [et al.] ; illustrator Federico Gemma ; honorary editor, Wang Sung.
Publisher:
Princeton University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
xiii, 544 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-525) and indexes.
Contents:
Family Hylobatidae -- List of figures -- List of maps -- List of habitat illustrations -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction / John MacKinnon -- and Xie Yan -- China's geography and mammalian biogeography -- History of Chinese mammalogy / Wang Sung -- Mammalian conservation -- China's Protected Area System -- How to use this book -- Acknowledgments -- Taxonomic descriptions -- Class Mammalia / Andrew T. Smith -- Order Porboscidea / Andrew T. Smith and John MacKinnon -- Family Elephantidae -- Order Sirenia / Andrew T. Smith -- Family Dugongidae -- Order Scandentia / Andrew T. Smith -- Family Tupaiidae -- Order Primates / John MacKinnon -- Family Lorisidae -- Family Cercopithecidae -- Subfamily Cercopithecinae -- Subfamily Colobinae -- Family Hylobatidae -- Family Hystricidae / Andrew T. Smith -- Andrew T. Smith and Robert S. Hoffmann -- Family Sciuridae / Robert S. Hoffmann and Andrew T. Smith -- Subfamily Ratufinae -- Subfamily Sciurinae -- Subfamily Callosciurinae -- Subfamily Xerinae -- Family Gliridae / Andrew T. Smith -- Family Castoridae / Andrew T. Smith -- Family Dipodidae / Andrew T. Smith -- Subfamily Allactaginae -- Subfamily Cardiocraniinae -- Subfamily Dipodinae -- Subfamily Euchoreutinae -- Subfamily Sicistinae -- Subfamily Zapodinae -- Family Platacanthomyidae / Andrew T. Smith -- Family Spalacidae / Andrew T. Smith -- Subfamily Myospalacinae -- Subfamily Rhizomyinae -- Family Cricetidae / Darrin Lunde and Andrew T. Smith -- Subfamily Arvicolinae / Darrin Lunde -- Subfamily Cricetinae / Andrew T. Smith and Robert S. Hoffmann -- Family Muridae / Andrew T. Smith and Darrin Lunde -- Subfamily Gerbillinae / Andrew T. Smith and Robert S. Hoffmann -- Subfamily Murinae / Darrin Lunde -- Family Hystricidae / Andrew T. Smith -- Family Manidae -- Andrew T. Smith -- Family Ochotonidae -- Family Leporidae -- Order Erinaceomorpha / Robert S. Hoffmann and Darrin Lunde -- Family Erinaceidae -- Subfamily Erinaceinae -- Subfamily Galercinae -- Order Soricomorpha / Robert S. Hoffmann and Darrin Lunde -- Family Soricidae -- Subfamily Crocidurinae -- Subfamily Soricinae -- Family Talpidae -- Subfamily Scalopinae -- Subfamily Talpinae -- Subfamily Uropsilinae -- Order Chiroptera / Don E. Wilson -- Family Pteropodidae -- Family Rhinolophidae -- Family Hipposideridae -- Family Megadermatidae -- Family Emballonuridae -- Family Molossidae -- Family Vespertilionidae -- Subfamily Vespertilioninae -- Subfamily Myotinae -- Subfamily Miniopterinae -- Subfamily Murininae -- Subfamily Kerivoulinae -- Order Pholidota / Andrew T. Smith -- Family Manidae -- Index to common names. Andrew T. Smith -- Family Felidae -- Subfamily Felinae -- Subfamily Pantherinae -- Family Viverridae -- Subfamily Hemigalinae -- Subfamily Paradoxurinae -- Subfamily Prionodontinae -- Subfamily Viverrinae -- Family Herpestidae -- Family Canidae -- Family Ursidae -- Family Otariidae -- Family Phocidae -- Family Mustelidae -- Subfamily Lutrinae -- Subfamily Mustelinae -- Family Ailuridae -- Order Perissodactyla / Andrew T. Smith -- Family Equidae -- Order Artiodactyla / John MacKinnon -- Family Suidae -- Family Camelidae -- Family Tragulidae -- Family Moschidae -- Family Cervidae -- Subfamily Capreolinae -- Subfamily Cervinae -- Subfamily Hydropotinae -- Family Bovidae -- Subfamily Antilopinae -- Subfamily Bovinae -- Subfamily Caprinae -- Order Cetacea / Andrew T. Smith -- Family Delphinidae -- Family Phocoenidae -- Family Iniidae -- Appendices -- 3. Cetaceans found off the coast of China -- 2. Hypothetical mammals -- 3. Introduced alien, feral or free-ranging domestic mammals -- Glossary -- References -- Index to scientific names -- Index to common names.
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