Overview
A group of special interest to mammalogists, taxonomists, and systemicists, ungulates have proven difficult to classify. This comprehensive review of the taxonomic relationships of artiodactyls and perissodactyls brings forth new evidence in order to propose a theory of ungulate taxonomy. With this straightforward volume, Colin Groves and the late Peter Grubb cut through previous assumptions to define ungulate genera, species, and subspecies. The species-by-species accounts incorporate new molecular, cytogenetic, and morphological data, as well as the authors' own observations and measurements. The authors include references and supporting arguments for new classifications. A starting point for further research, this book is sure to be discussed and hotly debated in the mammalogical community. A well-reasoned synthesis, Ungulate Taxonomy will be a defining volume for years to come.
Full Product Details
Author: Colin Groves (Australian National University) ,
Peter Grubb
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.839kg
ISBN: 9781421400938
ISBN 10: 1421400936
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 10 January 2012
Recommended Age: From 17
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
Their collaborative volume will likely represent the authoritative classification of ungulates well into the future, possible for the next 100 years. Recommended. Choice 2012
Their collaborative volume will likely represent the authoritative classification of ungulates well into the future, possible for the next 100 years. Recommended. Choice 2012 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 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 2012
Their collaborative volume will likely represent the authoritative classification of ungulates well into the future, possible for the next 100 years. Recommended. Choice 2012 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
Author Information
Colin Groves is a professor of biological anthropology at Australian National University and the author of Primate Taxonomy. Peter Grubb was an English zoologist who, until his death in December 2006, was widely recognized as the world's leading ungulate taxonomist.
