Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Macdonald, David W. (David Whyte)

Description

1. xv, 895, [xvi]-xlviii pages : color illustrations; 29 cm.

Summary

1. Text and over 800 full-color illustrations detail every living species of mammal.

Series statement

1. Equinox bk

Uniform title

1. Equinox bk.

Subject

1. Mammals
2. Animal behavior
3. Behavior, Animal
4. Mammals
5. Reference Books
6. Mammalia (class)
7. reference books
8. Animal behavior
9. Mammalia (Sistematica)

Genre/Form

1. Encyclopedia
2. encyclopedias.
3. Encyclopedias
4. Encyclopedias.
5. Encyclopédies.

Contents

1. What is a mammal? -- Carnivores -- Cat family -- Dog family -- Bear family -- Raccoon family -- Weasel family -- Mongoose family -- Hyena family -- Sea mammals -- Whales and dolphins -- Toothed whales -- Baleen whales -- Seals and sea lions -- Sea cows and manatees -- Primates -- Prosimians -- Monkeys -- Apes -- Tree shrews -- Flying lemurs -- Large herbivores-the ungulates -- Primitive ungulates -- Hoofed mammals -- Even-toed ungulates -- Small herbivores -- Rodents -- Squirrel-like rodents -- Mouse-like rodents -- Cavy-like rodents -- Lagomorphs -- Elephant-shrews -- Insect-eaters and marsupials -- Insectivores -- Edentates -- Bats -- Monotremes -- Marsupials.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Note

1. Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

1. Bibliography: p. [xvi]-xvii.