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Author_Sergio Ticul Alvarez-Castaneda
Author_Ticul Alvarez
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Identification
identification guide
mammalian fauna
mammalogy
mammals
Mexican mammals
Mexico
SW USA
textbook
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- ISBN 9781421422107
- Weight: 748g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 23 May 2017
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
