Description
Book SynopsisA well-reasoned synthesis, Ungulate Taxonomy will be a defining volume for years to come.
Trade ReviewGroves and Grubb have produced the first major revision of hoofed mammals since Richard Lydekker's contributions nearly 100 years ago... Their collaborative volume will likely represent the authoritative classification of ungulates well into the future, possible for the next 100 years. Choice Groves and Grubb have written THE book about ungulate taxonomy, which will be the benchmark and reference for the next years. Journal of the Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations An important contribution to ungulate taxonomy written by two well-published and highly regarded authors. It should be purchased by any mammalogist or evolutionary biologist interested in ungulates for his or her library. -- Roger D. Applegate Journal of Mammology [Ungulate Taxonomy] will become a reference base for future studies and it is a pleasant book to handle. -- A.W. Gentry Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society Ungulate Taxonomy is a unique and significant contribution to the literature. -- Steve Demarais Journal of Wildlife Management
Table of ContentsPreface
Theory of Ungulate Taxonomy
Part I: Perissodactyla
1. Equidae
2. Tapiridae
3. Rhinocerotidae
Part II: Artiodactyla
4. Tylopoda
5. Suidae
6. Hippopotamidae
7. Tragulidae and Moschidae
8. Antilocapridae
9. Giraffidae
10. Cervidae
11. Bovidae
References
Index
