''An excellent, useful guide.'' - BBC Wildlife Fully revised and updated, this major work presents all of the mammal species of the Western Palearctic, serving as an excellent guide to the great wealth of mammalian fauna in this region. This new edition presents 86 new species including 40 cetaceans, and reports on the latest scientific advances and taxonomic changes.Species accounts are concise and authoritative, giving information on size, distribution, habitat, behaviour, reproduction and feeding. Each account is supported by distribution maps and superb colour illustrations. The book features more than 125 plates, comprising more than 650 colour species artworks. Variation between the sexes is illustrated, and anatomical diagrams including tooth arrays are provided to assist identification. Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East is the only guide you''ll need to identify any mammal across this vast and diverse region.>

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Stéphane Aulagnier is Professor of Conservation Biology at the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse. Stéphane is Vice-President of the Society for the Study and Protection of Mammals in France.

Klappentext

A comprehensive and richly illustrated field guide to the mammals of the Western Palearctic.

Inhalt

Introduction
Mammals of the Western Palearctic
Watching mammals
Biogeography of mammals of the Western Palearctic
Mammals and humans
Describing the species

Species accounts

Glossary
Bibliography
Addresses
Checklist
Index of scientific names
Index of common names