Handbook of the Mammals of the World - Volume 7
Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7
Rodents II
🖊️ Edited by Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Thomas E. Lacher
🎨 Illustrated by Toni Llobet
Published by Lynx Edicions in association with Conservation International and IUCN
Rodents include species that have colonized almost every available habitat on earth, and others that have adapted to human beings and followed them as they also spread across the globe. Volume 7 completes the order Rodentia—which represents arguably the most important order of mammals, both in terms of number of species, and in geographic distribution—covering the families contained in the suborder Myomorpha, including the two largest families, Cricetidae and Muridae.
This volume also includes a Special Chapter: Priorities for Conserving the World’s Rodents by Thomas Lacher Jr., Richard Young, Samuel Turvey, Rosalind Kennerley & Nicolette Roach.
Families covered in Volume 7:
ORDER RODENTIA (continued)
- Suborder Myomorpha (mouse-like rodents): 9 families, 345 genera, 1,744 species
Contents and authors:
| Family Sminthidae (Birch Mice) | Mary Ellen Holden, Tamás Cserkész & Grace Musser |
| Family Zapodidae (Jumping Mice) | John Whitaker |
| Family Dipodidae (Jerboas) | Johan Michaux & Gregory Shenbrot |
| Family Platacanthomyidae (Tree Mice) | Thomas Giarla |
| Family Spalacidae (Muroid Mole-rats) | Ryan Norris |
| Family Calomyscidae (Brush-tailed Mice) | C. William Kilpatrick |
| Family Nesomyidae (Pouched Rats, Climbing Mice and Fat Mice) | Steve Goodman & Ara Monadjem |
| Family Cricetidae (True Hamsters, Voles, Lemmings and New World Rats and Mice) | Ulyses Pardiñas, Phil Myers, Livia León-Paniagua, Nicté Ordóñez Garza, Joseph Cook, Boris Kryštufek, Rudolf Haslauer, Robert Bradley, Gregory Shenbrot & Jim Patton Species accounts of Cricetidae: Ulyses Pardiñas, Dennisse Ruelas, Jorge Brito, Lisa Bradley, Robert Bradley, Nicté Ordóñez Garza, Boris Kryštufek, Joseph Cook, Erika Cuéllar Soto, Jorge Salazar-Bravo, Gregory Shenbrot, Elisandra Chiquito, Alexandre Percequillo, Joyce Prado, Rudolf Haslauer, Jim Patton & Livia León-Paniagua |
| Family Muridae (True Mice and Rats, Gerbils and relatives) | Christiane Denys, Peter Taylor & Ken Aplin Species accounts of Muridae: Christiane Denys, Peter Taylor, Connor Burgin, Ken Aplin, Pierre-Henri Fabre, Rudolf Haslauer, John Woinarski, Bill Breed & James Menzies |
- 58 colour plates
- 342 colour photographs
- 1,753 distribution maps
| WEIGHT | 4.72 kg |
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| DIMENSIONS | 24 × 31 cm |
| LANGUAGE | English |
| PRODUCT FORMAT | Hardback |
| PAGES | 1008 |
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Authors
Dr Ken P. Aplin: Research Associate, Australian Museum, Sydney; and Research Associate, Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Lisa C. Bradley: Research Associate, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock.
Dr Robert D. Bradley: Professor and Director, Department of Biological Sciences and Natural Science Research Laboratory, Texas Tech University, Lubbock.
Professor William G. Breed: Adjunct Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide.
Jorge Brito: Researcher, Sección de Mastozoología, Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador.
Connor J. Burgin: Researcher, Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, Idaho.
Dr Elisandra A. Chiquito: Postdoctoral Researcher, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Dr Joseph A. Cook: Professor and Curator of Mammals, Department of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
Dr Tamás Cserkész: Research Fellow, Department of Systematic Zoology and Ecology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.
Dr Erika Cuéllar Soto: Researcher, Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja (CRILAR), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), La Rioja, Argentina.
Professor Christiane Denys: Professor, Département Systématique et Évolution, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB, UMR 7205, MNHN-UPMC-CNRSEPHE), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
Dr Pierre-Henri Fabre: Associate Professor, Équipe Phylogénie et Évolution Moléculaires, Institut des Sciences de l'Évolution de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, France; and Research Associate, Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
Dr Thomas C. Giarla: Assistant Professor, Biology Department, Siena College, Loudonville, New York, USA.
Professor Steve M. Goodman: MacArthur Field Biologist, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA; and Scientific Counselor, Association Vahatra, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Rudolf Haslauer: Independent Researcher and Member, Zoological Society for the Conservation of Species and Populations (ZGAP), Poernbach, Bavaria, Germany.
Dr Mary Ellen Holden: Research Associate, Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA.
Dr Rosalind J. Kennerley: Conservation Scientist, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey, UK; and Programme Officer, IUCN/SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group, USA.
Dr C. William Kilpatrick: Howard Professor of Zoology and Natural History, Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, USA.
Professor Boris Kry?tufek: Head, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Ljubljana.
Dr Thomas E. Lacher, Jr: Professor, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; Co-Chair, IUCN/SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group; and Associate Conservation Scientist, Global Wildlife Conservation, Austin, Texas, USA.
Dr Livia León-Paniagua: Full Professor and Curator of Mammals, Departamento de Biología Evolutiva and Museo de Zoología Alfonso L. Herrera, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México.
Shelby D. McCay: MS Student, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; and New World Program Coordinator, IUCN/SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group, USA.
Dr James I. Menzies: Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia.
Dr Johan R. Michaux: Research Director, Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS), Life Science Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Liège, Belgium.
Professor Ara Monadjem: Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Swaziland, Kwaluseni.
Grace M. Musser: PhD Candidate, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin, USA.
Professor Phil Myers: Professor and Curator of Mammals Emeritus, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Dr Ryan W. Norris: Assistant Professor, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, Lima.
Dr Nicté Ordóñez Garza: Research Associate, Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA.
Dr Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas: Senior Researcher and Curator of Mammals, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT-CONICET), Instituto de Diversidad y Evolución Austral (IDEAus-CONICET), Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.
Dr James L. Patton: Professor and Curator Emeritus, Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
Dr Alexandre R. Percequillo: Associate Professor, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz," Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil.
Dr Joyce R. Prado: Researcher, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz," Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil.
Nicolette S. Roach: PhD Student, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; New World Program Coordinator, IUCN/SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group; and Associate Conservation Scientist, Global Wildlife Conservation, Austin, Texas, USA.
Dennisse Ruelas: Research Assistant, Departamento de Mastozoología, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
Dr Jorge Salazar-Bravo: Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA.
Dr Gregory I. Shenbrot: Senior Researcher, Marco and Louise Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, The Swiss Institute for Dryland Environmental and Energy Research, The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel.
Professor Peter J. Taylor: South African Research Chair on Biodiversity Value and Change, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, Limpopo, South Africa.
Dr Samuel T. Turvey: Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, UK.
Dr John O. Whitaker, Jr: Professor and Director Emeritus, Department of Biology and Center for Bat Research, Outreach, and Conservation, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA.
Professor John C. Z. Woinarski: Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia.
Dr Richard P. Young: Head of Conservation Science, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Jersey, UK; and Co-Chair, IUCN/SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group, USA.