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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Fiona Reid |
| ISBN: | 9780195343229 0195343220 9780195343236 0195343239 |
| OCLC Number: | 237402526 |
| Description: | xvii, 346 p., [103] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | American opossums (order Didelphimorphia, family Didelphidae) -- Anteaters and sloths (order Pilosa) -- Armadillos (order Cingulata, family Dasypodidae) -- Shrews, moles, and solenodons (order Soricomorpha) -- Bats (order Chiroptera) -- Monkeys (order Primates) -- Rodents (order Rodentia) -- Rabbits and hares (order Lagamorpha, family Leporidae) -- Carnivores (order Carnivora) -- Manatees and dugongs (order Sirenia, family Trichechidae) -- Odd-toed ungulates (order Perissodactyla) -- Even-toed ungulates (order Artiodactyla) -- Whales, dolphins, and porpoises (order Cetacea). |
| Other Titles: | Field guide to the mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico |
| Responsibility: | written & illustrated by Fiona A. Reid. |
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<br>"This book is the very best news for anyone who is going to Central America and southeast Mexico to view or work with mammals. As a field biologist I cannot imagine a more important part of my field equipment than a really good field guide. Well, Fiona Reid's book is not just a really good' field guid, it's excellent. . . .Invaluable. . . .I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the mammals of Central America. The coverage is simply outstanding!" --Bat Research News<p><br>"This field guide is a major contribution to Central American mammalogy, field biology, and conservation as well as an essential field reference for that part of the world...Highly recommended."--Donald S. Heintzelman, Wildlife Activist<p><br>"The book is generously illustrated with 48 full-colour plates and numerous line drawings. The colour plates illustrate about 85% of the 349 species in the region. All large mammals are illustrated in colour, and different forms are included when a species varies with sex, age or geographic location. Particularly impressive are the portrayals of small mammals such as bats, rodents, and marsupials, most of which were painted directly from life by the author. Designed for use both by amateur naturalists and professional biologists, this guide provides accounts for all mammals native to the land and surrounding waters of Central America and Southeast Mexico (east of the Isthmus of Tehuantapec)."--Ethology Ecology & Evolution<p><br>"This book is an outstanding addition to the field guide genre for several reasons. First and foremost is that the author is an artist/naturalist who has personally captured and drawn or painted many of the small mammals described and illustrated in this book. Many of Reid's color plates sparkle with life because of her personal familiarity with dozens of species of bats and rodents. The illustrations are so realistic that one almost expects to see the ears of bats twitch and the vibrissae of rodents to wiggle! T Read more...
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