Keys for Identifying Mexican Mammals

Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda, Ticul Álvarez, Noé González-Ruiz (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

528 Seiten

2017 | revised and updated edition
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4214-2210-7 (ISBN)

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A remarkable achievement that took over 30 years to construct, Keys for Identifying Mexican Mammals is the only complete identification guide to Mexico's mammalian fauna. Fully updated and revised, this bestselling book follows a bilingual arrangement, with identical information presented in Spanish and English on facing pages. The dichotomous presentation is both easy to follow and flawlessly compiled, including updated and expanded material that surpasses any previously available resource. Hundreds of diagnostic images are dispersed throughout the book, many showing minute details that differentiate one species from another, and introductory materials carefully explain the use of diagnostic features. The heart of the book, though, is the keys themselves, which cover every taxa-from artiodactyls and carnivores to primates and rodents-while allowing confident identification at the species level for both field and museum use. The book closes with appendices that cover preparation of specimens, a glossary, and a bibliography.
Anyone with an interest in the mammalian fauna of Mexico, or mammals in general, will find this one-of-a-kind book an indispensable reference to Mexico's rich diversity of wildlife.

Sergio Ticul Alvarez-Castaneda is a senior researcher at the Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste, where he is the curator of the Mammals Collection. He is the coauthor of Mamiferos del Noroeste Mexicano. Ticul Alvarez (1935-2001) was a senior professor at the Instituto Politecnico Nacional and the curator of the Mammals Collection of the Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas. He was the coauthor of Diccionario de Anatomia Comparada de Vertebrados. Noe Gonzalez-Ruiz is a senior professor at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, where he is the associate curator of the Mammals Collection.

Prólogo/Foreword
Introducción/Introduction
Necesidad de guías de identifi cación/ The need for identification guides
Como usar esta guia/How to use the guide
Distribución/Distribution
Protección/Protection
Agradecimientos/Acknowledgments
Características de los mamíferos/Mammal characteristics
Características externas/External characteristics
Características internas/Internal characteristics
Características óseas/Bone characteristics
Listado de especies/Species list
Claves de ordenes/Key orders
Orden/ order Artiodactyla
Familia/Family Antilocapridae
Familia/Family Bovidae
Familia/Family Cervidae
Familia/Family Tayassuidae
Orden/Order Carnivora
Familia/Family Canidae
Familia/Family Felidae
Familia/Family Mephitidae
Familia/Family Mustelidae
Familia/Family Otariidae
Familia/Family Phocidae
Familia/Family Procyonidae
Familia/Family Ursidae
Orden/Order Chiroptera
Familia/Family Emballonuridae
Familia/Family Molossidae
Familia/Family Mormoopidae
Familia/Family Natalidae
Familia/Family Noctilionidae
Familia/Family Phyllostomidae
Familia/Family Thyroptera
Familia/Family Vespertilionidae
Orden/Order Cingulata
Familia/Family Dasypodidae
Orden/Order Didelphimorphia
Familia/Family Didelphidae
Orden/Order Lagomorpha
Familia/Family Leporidae
Orden/Order Perissodactyla
Familia/Family Tapiridae
Orden/Order Pilosa
Familia/Family Cyclopedidae
Familia/Family Myrmecophagidae
Orden/Order Primates
Familia/Family Atelidae
Orden/Order Rodentia
Familia/Family Agoutidae
Familia/Family Castoridae
Familia/Family Cricetidae
Familia/Family Cuniculidae
Familia/Family Erethizontidae
Familia/Family Geomyinae
Familia/Family Heteromyidae
Familia/Family Muridae
Familia/Family Sciuridae
Orden/Order Sirenia
Familia/Family Trichechidae
Orden/Order Soricomorpha
Familia/Family Soricidae
Familia/Family Talpidae
Anexo I medidas/ Appendix I measurements
Medidas somáticas/ Somatic measurements
Medidas craneales/ Cranial measurements
Medidas axiales/ Axial measurements
Anexo II colecta de mamíferos/ Appendix II mammal collection
Mamíferos pequeños/Small mammals
Mamíferos medianos/Medium mammals
Mamíferos grandes/Large mammals
Murciélagos/Bats
Preservación y conservación/ Preservation and conservation
Anexo III técnica para la preparación/ Appendix III preparation technique
Secado de los ejemplares/ Drying the samples
Método para limpiar los cráneos/ Method for cleaning craniums
Variación a la técnica de preparación/ Variation of the preparation technique
Pieles de mamíferos que serán curtidas/ Mammal skins to be tanned
Preparación de los cráneos/Cranium preparation
Preparación de esqueletos/Skeleton preparation
Glosario/Glossary
Literatura citada/Bibliography
Índice/Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.04.2017
Zusatzinfo	233 Halftones, black and white; 4 Line drawings, black and white
Verlagsort	Baltimore, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	748 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-4214-2210-7 / 1421422107
ISBN-13	978-1-4214-2210-7 / 9781421422107
Zustand	Neuware