Mammal species of the world : additional data on insular mammals

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3248

By

Alcover, Josep Antoni.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, c1998

Notes

Caption title.

"November 5, 1998."

"A catalog of recent mammalian species from oceanic and oceanic-like islands is presented. Our list covers the taxa that were found by the first human settlers on oceanic and oceanic-like islands worldwide. In a first section (catalog) we list 95 species described before 1993 that were not considered by Wilson and Reeder (1993) (14 Xenarthra, 5 Chiroptera, 4 Insectivora, 18 Primates, 6 Carnivora, 2 Bibymalagasia, 3 Proboscidea, 13 Artiodactyla, and 30 Rodentia). In addition, we tabulate some 41-46 or more recently extinct mammals (1 Diprotodontia, 1 Peramelemorphia, 4 Xenarthra, 2 Insectivora, 1 Chiroptera, 2 Primates, 2 or more Proboscidea, 4 Artiodactyla, and 24-29 Rodentia) that remain undescribed from such islands. The tentative list of all the endemic mammals from oceanic and oceanic-like islands of the world is presented as appendix 1, which includes at least 11 living species of insular mammals described after 1993 and another 15-16 living species (3-4 Insectivora, 2 Chiroptera, 10 Rodentia) still undescribed"--P. [1].

Subjects

Classification , Extinct mammals , Geographical distribution , Island animals , Mammals

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3248, 1998

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 40417610