Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa - A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis (Hardcover, Digital original)

This comprehensive handbook covers all the rodents occurring in Southern, Central, East and West Africa, south of the Sahara. Detailed treatments of 79 genera and 420 species are provided for the following families: Anomaluridae (anomalures), Bathyergidae (mole-rats), Gliridae (dormice), Hystricidae (porcupines), Muridae (rats and mice), Nesomyidae (nesomyids), Pedetidae (springhares), Sciuridae (squirrels) and Thryonomyidae (canerats). The work comprises short reviews of the systematics of African rodents and African biogeography, identification matrices and keys,79 detailed genus accounts, 420 species accounts and an extensive bibliography. Genus and species accounts include diagnostic descriptions, systematics and taxonomy, biogeographical environment, fossil species, photographs of skull and mandible, illustrations of molar dentition, photographs of live animals, distribution maps and tables of standard museum measurements. This is an essential handbook for all zoologists.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Ara Monadjem • Peter J. Taylor • Christiane Denys • Fenton P D Cotterill
Dimensions:	240 x 170 x 61mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	1102
Edition:	Digital original
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-030166-3
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Vertebrates > Mammals > General Promotions
LSN:	3-11-030166-0
Barcode:	9783110301663

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