Walker's mammals of the world
Walker's mammals of the world
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10.5860/choice.37-2177
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1968
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从土狼和袋鼠到雅普克和斑羚，欧内斯特·P·沃克的《世界上的哺乳动物》是关于哺乳动物的最全面--也是最杰出的--参考著作。现在，完全修订和更新，这本迷人的指南比以往任何时候都更好。第六版提供了所有历史时期每一种哺乳动物的完整记录，比前一版长了25%。在以前的通用描述中，95%已经进行了实质性修改，还有80个新描述--其中包括最近在印度支那森林中发现的三种引人注目的大型有蹄类动物。New也是对这种长毛象的完整描述，现在已知这种猛犸象一直存活到不到4000年前。这本书的每一节描述了一个属，并包括了一些事实，如科学和普通名称，物种的数量和分布，测量和物理特征，栖息地，迁徙，日常和季节性活动，种群动态，家园范围，社会生活，繁殖，和寿命。文字摘要提供了对世界各地哺乳动物的身体特征和生活习性的准确、有据可查的描述。与前两个版本一样，每个属的每个物种的名称和分布都是按系统顺序列出的。这些名单现在已经被交叉核对，以确保在全面的新史密森指南--世界哺乳动物物种--中涵盖所有物种。关于哺乳动物生物学的事实是从2700多篇新引用的参考文献中汇集而来的，几乎所有的参考文献都是在过去十年发表的。关于繁殖、寿命、毛皮收获、野生和圈养数量以及保护状况的最新数据也是新的。第六版还记录了1996年IUCN大型濒危动物红色名录中每个哺乳动物物种和亚种的所有官方分类。这些插图--超过1700幅--几乎涵盖了每一种哺乳动物。其中有著名野生动物摄影师伦纳德·李·鲁三世、伯恩哈德·格尔齐梅克、大卫·派伊和沃伦·T·霍克拍摄的照片。这里首次拍摄到的哺乳动物包括刚刚发现的越南巨型芒果鹿，一种仅在所罗门群岛发现的啮齿类动物，一种雄性哺乳幼崽的大型果蝠，以及马达加斯加一种极其罕见的网足蝙蝠。自1964年出版以来，沃克的《世界哺乳动物》已经成为普通读者最喜欢的自然界指南，也是专业人士的宝贵资源。第六版代表了半个多世纪的学术研究--欧内斯特·P·沃克本人为最初的项目奉献了30多年--并始终忠于沃克的愿景，将透彻的学术知识与流行的、可读的风格完美地结合在一起，以保存和加强被《华盛顿邮报》称为“动物文学的里程碑”。
From aardwolves and bandicoots to yapoks and zorillas, Ernest P. Walker's Mammals of the World is the most comprehensive-the pre-eminent-reference work on mammals. Now, completely revised and updated, this fascinating guide is better than ever. Providing a complete account of every genus of mammal in all historical time, the sixth edition is 25 percent longer than its predecessor. Of the previous generic accounts, 95 percent have been substantively modified, and there are 80 new ones-among them, three remarkable, large ungulates recently discovered in the forests of Indochina. New also is a full account of the woolly mammoth, now known to have survived until less than 4,000 years ago. Each section of the book describes one genus and includes facts such as scientific and common names, the number and distribution of species, measurements and physical traits, habitat, locomotion, daily and seasonal activity, population dynamics, home range, social life, reproduction, and longevity. Textual summaries present accurate, well-documented descriptions of the physical characteristics and living habits of mammals in every part of the world. As in the last two editions, the names and distributions of every species of every genus are listed in systematic order. These lists have now been cross-checked to ensure coverage of all species in the comprehensive new Smithsonian guide, Mammal Species of the World. Facts on the biology of mammals have been brought together from more than 2,700 newly cited references, nearly all published in the last decade. Also new are the latest data on reproduction, longevity, fur harvests, numbers in the wild and in captivity, and conservation status. The sixth edition also records all official classifications of every mammal species and subspecies in the massive 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. The illustrations-more than 1,700-include virtually every genus of mammal. Among them are pictures by such noted wildlife photographers as Leonard Lee Rue III, Bernhard Grzimek, David Pye, and Warren T. Houck. Mammals pictured here for the first time include the just-discovered giant muntjac deer of Viet Nam, a rodent known only from the Solomon Islands, a large fruit bat whose male suckles the young, and an extremely rare web-footed tenrec of Madagascar. Since its publication in 1964, Walker's Mammals of the World has become a favorite guide to the natural world for general readers as well as an invaluable resource for professionals. This sixth edition represents more than half a century of scholarship-Ernest P. Walker himself devoted more than thirty years to the original project-and remains true to Walker's vision, smoothly combining thorough scholarship with a popular, readable style to preserve and enhance what the Washington Post called "a landmark of zoological literature."