Mammal Species of the World
Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference is an English-language scientific and zoological reference book with information on the systematics, scientific designation and distribution of all known extant mammals worldwide up to species level.
Content
The main part of the work, the Checklist of Mammal Species of the World, consists of entries for the individual taxa. The focus is on lower ranks, ranks above the ordering are not listed. The checklist is divided into chapters, which are written by different authors for the second edition. The Checklist is complemented by an extensive literature and an index.
The systematics of the third edition is based on Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. At higher ranks, the order of taxa is based on presumed kinship relationships in genera and species, it is alphabetical.
The entries contain the scientific name of the taxon, the name of the describer and year, title and place of publication. In the third edition of the entries contain the types an English common name. This figure is based on Common Names of Mammals of the World. In genera, the type species is known in the species type locality. The entries to the species include the range and the risk status under the Endangered Species Act (U.S. ESA), the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN ) and the Endangered Species Convention ( CITES). In addition Synonyms are listed and assigned to subspecies in many chapters of the third edition. Differing perspectives systematic and scientific names are commented in text form.
Requirements
The first edition was published in June 1982 by James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman and James W. Koeppl. At 694 pages it includes 4170 species.
The second edition followed in June 1993. It was edited by Don E. Wilson and DeeAnn M. Reeder published by the Smithsonian Institution. At 1207 pages it comprises 26 orders with 4629 species, of which described 171 new.
Also of Wilson and Reeder, the third edition was published in the publishing of the Johns Hopkins University in December 2005. At 2142 pages in two volumes, it includes 29 orders with 5416 species, of which described 260 new. In addition, 37 378 synonyms and 9373 scientific publications are listed.
The authors of the individual chapters of the third edition are Gary N. Bronner ( Tenrekartige * ), Robert L. Brownell Jr. (whales * ), Michael D. Carleton (rodents *, mice -like * ), Fritz Dieterlen ( thorn tail croissants, spring hares, comb fingers ) Alfred L. Gardner ( opossums, Mausopossums, Chiloe opossum, armadillos, edentates ), Colin Groves ( monotremes, Beutelmulle, Dasyuridae Family, bandicoots, DIPROTODONTIA, primates ), Peter Grubb ( Perissodactyla, Artiodactyla ), Kristofer M. Helgen ( shrews, stubby tail squirrel, beaver ), Robert S. Hoffmann ( lagomorphs *, Squirrel * ), Mary Ellen Holden ( dormice, jerboas * ), Rainer Hutterer ( insectivores ), Paulina D. Jenkins ( Tenrekartige * ), C. William Kilpatrick ( porcupine Related * ) James G. Mead (whales * ), Guy Musser (rodents *, gerbils *, mice -like *), James L. Patton ( pocket gophers, pocket mice), Duane A. Schlitter ( elephant shrews, Röhrenzähner, pangolins ), Jehezekel Shoshani ( hyraxes, elephants, manatees ), Nancy B. Simmons ( bats ), Andrew T. Smith ( lagomorphs *), Brian J. Stafford (giant glider ), Richard W. Thorington Jr. ( croissant * ), Charles A. Woods ( porcupine Related *) and W. Christopher Wozencraft ( predators ). The chapters marked with a * were written by multiple authors.