Monadjem / Taylor / Denys Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa

A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-3-11-038923-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 1102 Seiten

This comprehensive handbook covers all the rodents occurring in Southern, Central, East and West Africa, south of the Sahara. Genus and species accounts include diagnostic descriptions, systematics and taxonomy, biogeographical environment, fossil species, photographs of skull and mandible, illustrations of molar dentition, photographs of live animals, distribution maps and tables of standard museum measurements.

Zielgruppe

Researchers in zoology with a focus on mammals; zoological instit

Autoren/Hrsg.

Monadjem, Ara

Taylor, Peter J.

Denys, Christiane

Cotterill, Fenton P.D.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Säugetiere (Mammalia)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Taxonomie und Systematik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Biogeographie

Über Autor(innen)

Ara Monadjem, University of Swaziland, Kwaluseni, Swaziland; Peter John Taylor, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, Republic of South Africa, Christiane Denys, Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; Fenton P.D. Cotterill, University of Stellenbosh, Republic of South Africa.