Field Guide to Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East

''An excellent, useful guide.'' - BBC Wildlife Fully revised and updated, this major work presents all of the mammal species of the Western Palearctic, serving as an excellent guide to the great wealth of mammalian fauna in this region. This new edition presents 86 new species including 40 cetaceans, and reports on the latest scientific advances and taxonomic changes.Species accounts are concise and authoritative, giving information on size, distribution, habitat, behaviour, reproduction and feeding. Each account is supported by distribution maps and superb colour illustrations. The book features more than 125 plates, comprising more than 650 colour species artworks. Variation between the sexes is illustrated, and anatomical diagrams including tooth arrays are provided to assist identification. Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East is the only guide you''ll need to identify any mammal across this vast and diverse region.>

Autorentext
Stephane Aulagnier is a Professor of Conservation Biology at the University Paul Sabatier in Toulouse and the Vice-President of the Society for the Study and Protection of Mammals in France. Patrick Haffner was a director of the Société française pour l'étude et la protection des Mammifères for several years. Project Leader at the Joint Natural Heritage Service Unit, he is also a member of the Delivery Group for the
second edition of the Atlas of European Mammals.

A. J. Mitchell-Jones is President of the European Mammal Foundation. A doctor of zoology, he worked as an expert in mammal conservation for the Nature Conservation Agency in England, where he specialised in the conservation of Chiroptera (bats).François Moutou is a veterinarian, honorary president of the Société française pour l'étude et la protection des Mammifères and a former researcher at the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (National Food
Safety Agency) in the field of epidemiology of animal diseases.

Jan Zima (19522019) was a professor in the Faculty of Science in Brno. Since 1976, he worked on the evolutionary and comparative molecular biology of a large number of Eulipotyphla and rodent families. His work includes authorship of 24 monographs and he also collaborated on the Atlas of European Mammals in 1999.

Klappentext
A comprehensive and richly illustrated field guide to the mammals of the Western Palearctic.

Inhalt

Introduction
Mammals of the Western Palearctic
Watching mammals
Biogeography of mammals of the Western Palearctic
Mammals and humans
Describing the species

Species accounts

Glossary
Bibliography
Addresses
Checklist
Index of scientific names
Index of common names