EAN: 9783110275902

MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION DIVERSITY AND SYSTEMATICS G...

There are nearly 6 000 mammalian species  among them our own. Research on our evolutionary
cousins has a long history  but the last 20 years have seen particularly rapid progress in
disentangling the interrelationships and evolutionary history of mammals. The present volume
combines up-to-date reviews on mammalian phylogenetics with paleontological  taxonomic and
evolutionary chapters and also summarizes the historical development of our insights in
mammalian relationships  and thus our own place in the Tree of Life. Our book places the
present biodiversity crisis in context  with one in four mammal species threatened by
extinction  and reviews the distribution and conservation of mammalian diversity across the
globe. This volume is the introductory tome to the new Mammalia series of the Handbook of
Zoology and will be essential reading for mammalogists  zoologists and conservationists alike.

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