| Description |
xi, 563 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Section 1: Introduction -- 1 Study of Mammals -- 2 History of Mammalogy -- 3 Methods To Study Mammals -- 4 Evolution and Characteristics -- Section 2: Structure and Function -- 5 Support and Movement -- 6 Foods and Feeding -- 7 Nervous/Endocrine System -- 8 Environmental Adaptation -- 9 Reproduction/Development -- Section 3: Adaptive Radiation and Diversity -- 10 Monotremes and Marsupials -- 11 Insectivora, Scandentia, Macroscelidea, Dermoptera -- 12 Chiroptera -- 13 Primates -- 14 Xenarthra, Pholidota, Tubulidentata -- 15 Carnivora -- 16 Cetacea -- 17 Rodentia and Lagomorpha -- 18 Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Sirenia -- 19 Perissodactyla/Artiodactyla -- Section 4: Behavior, Ecology, and Biogeography -- 20 Communication, Aggression, and Spatial Relations -- 21 Mating Systems, Sexual Selection, and Parental Care -- 22 Social Behavior -- 23 Migration, Orientation and Habitat Selection -- 24 Populations and Life History -- 25 Competition, Predation, and Communities -- 26 Zoogeography -- Section 5: Special Topics -- 27 Parasites and Diseases -- 28 Domestication and Domesticated Mammals -- 29 Conservation and the Future |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-543) and index |
| Subject |
Mammalogy.
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Mammals.
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| Author |
Feldhamer, George A.
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| LC no. |
98012994 |
| ISBN |
069716733X |
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