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"Neotropical Rainforest Mammals," the first color-illustrated field
guide to these marvelously diverse and elusive creatures, has
enjoyed tremendous success since its initial publication in 1990.
Ecotourists and field researchers alike have applauded this guide's
compact size, light weight, and durability. More important, they
have appreciated its clear and concise accounts of the mammals of
this broad region. Each species account includes information on
identifying characteristics, similar species, vocalizations,
behavior and natural history, geographic range, conservation
status, local names, and references to the scientific literature.
In this completely revised and updated second edition:
A total of 226 species are treated in full (206 were included in
the first edition).
All species accounts retained from the first edition have been
updated to include the most recent research.
All 195 maps showing the distribution and geographic range of each
species have been revised to reflect the most current information.
Twenty-nine beautiful color plates illustrate more than 220 species
(including significant color variants between males and females or
adults and young). Seven black-and-white plates contain more than
60 images of individual species, mainly bats.
A compact disc of mammal vocalizations--crucial to identifying
nocturnal and otherwise cryptic animals that sometimes may be heard
rather than seen--will be available for purchase separately.
Praise for the first edition:
"If you can't go to the Central and South American rain forests to
see firsthand their threatened ecosystems, here is the next best
thing."--"Washington Post Book World"
"A largeamount of information is presented concisely and in a way
that is easy to use."--"Choice"
"The presentation and wealth of information contained in this field
guide is outstanding and will satisfy the needs of both the
'tourist' and 'researcher' traveling to the Neotropics."--"Canadian
Field-Naturalist"
Treeshrews suffer from chronic mistaken identity: they are not
shrews, and most are not found in trees. These squirrel-sized,
brownish mammals with large, dark, lashless eyes were at one time
thought to be primates. Even though most scientists now believe
them to belong in their own mammalian order, Scandentia, they still
are thought to resemble some of the earliest mammals, which lived
alongside the dinosaurs. This book describes the results of the
first comparative study of the ecology of treeshrews in the wild.
Noted tropical mammalogist Louise H. Emmons conducted this
pathbreaking study in the rainforests of Borneo as she tracked and
observed six species of treeshrews. Emmons meticulously describes
their habitat, diet, nesting habits, home range, activity patterns,
social behavior, and many other facets of their lives. She also
discusses a particularly interesting aspect of treeshrews: their
enigmatic parental care system, which is unique among mammals.
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