Comparative Biology and Evolutionary Relationships of Tree Shrews (Advances in Primatology)

Pp. xv, 314; numerous anatomical diagrams, charts and halftone drawings. Publisher's original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, original pictorial dust lettered in brown, lg 8vo. This volume evaluates the possible evolutionary relationships of tree shrews to primates and to other eutherian mammals, and considers the use of tree shrews as models for the study of various primate organ systems. The ten chapters that treat these topics were variously authored by 15 noted authorities in the field. No ownership marks and no signs of use.