Mammals of Africa, Vol. 3: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits

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Available again after an absence of several years, this is an unmodified reprint of this benchmark encyclopedia that was originally published in 2013. More than 10 years in the making, Mammals of Africa contains the very latest information and detailed discussion of the morphology, distribution, biology and evolution (including reference to fossil and molecular data) of every currently recognized species of African land mammal. Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits contains profiles of 395 species of rodents, comprising the squirrels, dormice, jerboas, blind mole-rats, African root-rats, pouched rats and mice, swamp mouse, climbing mice, fat mice, white-tailed rat, rock mice, voles, maned rat, spiny mice, brush-furred mice, gerbils, jirds, taterils, African forest mouse, rats and mice, vleirats, whistling rats, anomalures, springhares, gundis, African mole-rats, porcupines, noki (dassie rat), cane rats, and coypu. This volume concludes with 13 species of hares and rabbits. Colour illustrations are by Jonathan Kingdon, while Meredith Happold has contributed the line drawings. London. Bloomsbury Publishing. 784 pp., color & b/w illustrations, color distribution maps, colour tables, hardback 4 [22.3 x 28.5 cm]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers W38077

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