Keys for Identifying Mexican Mammals - Softcover

Álvarez-Castañeda, Sergio Ticul; Álvarez, Ticul; González-Ruiz, Noé

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1421422107 ISBN 13: 9781421422107

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

Fully updated and revised, this is the bestselling comprehensive bilingual identification guide to Mexico’s diverse mammalian fauna.

About the Author:

Sergio Ticul Álvarez-Castañeda is a senior researcher at the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, where he is the curator of the Mammals Collection. He is the coauthor of Mamíferos del Noroeste Mexicano. Ticul Álvarez (1935–2001) was a senior professor at the Instituto Politécnico Nacional and the curator of the Mammals Collection of the Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas. He was the coauthor of Diccionario de Anatomía Comparada de Vertebrados. Noé González-Ruíz is a senior professor at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, where he is the associate curator of the Mammals Collection.

About this edition

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1421422107
• ISBN 13: 9781421422107
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528