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Extinct and vanishing mammals of the Old World

Author: Francis Harper
Publisher: New York : American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, 1945.
Series: Special publication (American Committee for International Wild Life Protection), no. 12.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Francis Harper
OCLC Number: 1348464
Description: xv, 850 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction. Origin, plan, methods ; Factors in the progressive depletion of the Old World's mammalian faunas (Australia ; Malay Archipelago ; Asia ; Europe ; Africa ; Madagascar ; The chronology of extinction ; The record of extinction by families) --
Accounts of extinct, vanishing, or threatened mammals. Order Marsupialia : marsupials (Family Dasyuridae : dasyures, etc. ; Family Myrmecobiidae : marsupial anteaters ; Family Peramelidae : bandicoots ; Family Phalangeridae : phalangers, etc. ; Family Phascolaretidae : koalas ; Family Vombatidae : wombats ; Family Macropodidae ; kangaroos, wallabies, etc.) ; Order Insectivora : insectivores (Family Soricidae : shrews) ; Order Primates : primates (Family Lemuridae : lemurs ; Family Indriidae : sifakas, indri, and avahis ; Family Daubentoniidae : aye-aye ; Family Colobidae : leaf-eating monkeys ; Family Pongidae : anthropoid apes) ; Order Edentata : edentates (Family Manidae : pangolins) ; Order Rodentia : rodents (Family Leporidae : hares and rabbits ; Family Castoridae : beavers ; Family Cricetidae : hamsterlike rodents ; Family Muridae : Old World rats) ; Order Carnivora : carnivores (Family Canidae : wolves and foxes ; Family Ursidae : bears ; Family Mustelidae : weasels, etc. ; Family Viverridae : Civets, mongooses, etc. ; Family Protelidae : aard-wolves ; Family Felidae : cats) ; Order Proboscidea : proboscideans (Family Elephantidae : Elephants ) ; Order Perissodactyla : odd-toed ungulates (Family Equidae : horses, zebras, and asses ; Family Tapiridae : tapirs ; Family Rhinocerotidae : rhinoceroses) ; Order Artiodactyla : even-toed ungulates (Family Hippopotamidae ; hippopotamuses ; Family Camelidae : camels and llamas ; Family Tragulidae : chevrotains ; Family Moschidae : musk deer ; Family Cervidae : deer ; Family Giraffidae : giraffes and okapi ; Family Bovidae : cattle, sheep, goats, and antelopes).
Series Title: Special publication (American Committee for International Wild Life Protection), no. 12.
Responsibility: by Francis Harper ; illus. by Earl L. Poole.

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