Nick Garbutt

Handbook of Mammals of Madagascar (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The most up-to-date and comprehensive handbook to the region's mammals, illustrated with exceptional photography.

Madagascar is home to one of the most remarkable assemblages of mammals on earth. Millions of years of isolation has resulted in the evolution of a suite of species that are exceptional for two major reasons. Firstly, every native non-volant species (approximately 210 species) is endemic. No other island or place on earth boasts such a combination of species richness and endemism. And secondly, these mammals have evolved an extraordinary diversity of body forms and lifestyles often displaying significant convergence with forms elsewhere but also at times evolving utterly unique features.

Handbook of the Mammals of Madagascar describes all 217 native species, including bats, tenrecs, mice and lemurs, and a small number of introduced, non-native species. Species accounts are subdivided into sections covering description and identification, habitat and distribution (including distribution maps), behaviour and where to see. Over the past 15 years, major advances in research have been made into the island's mammal fauna and species accounts include all the latest information.

Supporting chapters cover the island's regions and habitats, threats to mammals, conservation and important mammal watching sites. There is also a section covering the bizarre extinct mammal fauna.

Throughout, the book is illustrated with exceptional, high-quality photography, often featuring species rarely photographed previously.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472985927
• Artikelnr.: 68415196

Autorenporträt

Nick Garbutt is Britain's best-known and most popular authority on Madagascar's wildlife. He has observed almost all of Madagascar's mammals in the wild - a claim only a handful of others can make. He is also a talented artist and wildlife photographer.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Introduction How to Use the Handbook Biogeography How Did
Mammals Arrive in Madagascar? Regions and Habitats of Madagascar Lowland
Rainforest and Littoral Forest Mid-Elevation Montane Rainforest
High-Elevation Montane Rainforest Sclerophyllous Forest and High Mountain
Thicket Seasonal Humid Forest (Sambirano) Dry Deciduous Forest Subarid
Thorn Scrub or Spiny Forest Mangroves Grasslands and Palm Savannahs THE
MAMMALS OF MADAGASCAR Overview Taxonomy The Species Conundrum
Classification of the Extant Mammals of Madagascar Tenrecs, Order
Afrosoricida Family Tenrecidae Subfamily Tenrecinae Subfamily Geogalinae
Subfamily Oryzorictinae Bats, Order Chiroptera Suborder Pteropodiformes
(Yinpterochiroptera) Family Pteropodidae Family Rhinonycteridae Family
Hipposideridae Suborder Vespertilioniformes (Yangoterochiroptera) Family
Emballonuridae Family Nycteridae Family Myzopodidae Family Molossidae
Family Miniopteridae Family Vespertilionidae Lemurs, Order Primates
Infraorder Lemuriformes Family Cheirogaleidae Family Lepilemuridae Family
Lemuridae Family Indriidae Infraorder Chiromyiformes Family Daubentoniidae
Malagasy Carnivorans, Order Carnivora Family Eupleridae Subfamily
Eupleriinae Subfamily Galidiinae Rodents, Order Rodentia Family Nesomyidae
Subfamily Nesomyinae Non-Native Mammals Non-Native Rodents Old World Rats
and Mice Non-Native Carnivorans True Civets Domestic Dogs Feral Cats
Non-Native Insectivores Shrews Hoofed Mammals Wild Pigs Domestic Stock Deer
Threats to Madagascar's Mammals Habitat Loss and Fragmentation Habitat
Degradation Mining Operations Hunting and Bushment The Illegal Pet Trade
Intrusion by Non-Native Species Conservation and the Island's Protected
Areas Parks and Reserves Important Mammal Watching Sites Rainforest Areas
Deciduous Forest Areas Spiny Forest Areas The Extinct Mammal Fauna Middle
Jurassic Mammals Late Cretaceous Mammals Quaternary Mammals Order
Bibymalagasia Order Afrosoricida Order Chiroptera Order Primates Infraorder
Lemuriformes Order Carnivora Order Artiodactyla Order Rodentia
Classification of Extinct Subfossil Mammals Glossary Species Checklists
General Bibliography Photo Credits Index