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Title: Walker's Mammals of the World (6th Ed) (2 Vol Set) by Ronald M. Nowak ISBN: 0801857899 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: June, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $99.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Rating: 5
Summary: the best - but not perfect
Comment: This is the most comprehensive mammalogy book in existance. it is thorough, interesting and up to date. it can, however be better. It should for instance include some phylogenetic trees and easy to use statistics about the different families and orders. better pictures (especially colour ones) will likewise be welcome.
The main complaint I have for this otherwise excellent book is that when dealing with non "sexy" multispecies genera it is not always clear from the text which species the data actually refers to. an even bigger, more detailed and species rather than genus oriented 7th edition will make this very good book actually excellent
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Value for Money
Comment: Whilst agreeing with other reviewers that there is substantial scope for improving photographs (see below), I think it is important to accept that these two volumes represent a great bargin in terms of the quantity of information presented and the value of the bibliography. This should continue to be a book which students can afford.
As a child I used to pore over the original 3 volumes in the main reference library where I grew up. I dreamed of owning my own copies. Imagine my surprise when I picked up the 5th edition in a bookshop in London some 25 years later, long after my professional involvement with Mammal Biology had ceased.
Over the years Walker's has seen steady incremental improvement particularly moving from generic to specific accounts and extending its scope to cover all Recent Mammals. As I state above there should always be a place for a good value comprehensive survey, BUT....
The Handbook of the Birds of the World project demonstrates what is possible with good quality color printing. Surely the Mammals of the World deserve an equally high-quality approach. Perhaps John Hopkins Press could be persuaded to produce a 'de luxe' 7th edition eliminating the B&W 'photos (particularly of dead specimens), adding extensive colour 'photos, range maps (both 'original' and current), and so forth. There is also scope for a high quality electronic product if nature films illustrating individual species could be licensed. We can live in hope!
Rating: 5
Summary: everything you needed to know
Comment: What's great about these books is you can learn about the full diversity of mammals. I like it as a reference so that if one reads about some obscure animal one can look it up and find out what it is, where it is, and how it is. Sadly, mostly, how they are, is endangered due to habitat loss.
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Title: Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and Techniques by Devra G. Kleiman, Mary E. Allen, Katerina V. Thompson, Susan Lumpkin, Holly Harris ISBN: 0226440036 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
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Title: The Encyclopedia of Mammals by David W. MacDonald ISBN: 0871968711 Publisher: Checkmark Books Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $80.00 |
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Title: Mammalogy by Terry A. Vaughan, James M. Ryan, Nicholas Czaplewski ISBN: 003025034X Publisher: Brooks Cole Pub. Date: 19 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $94.95 |
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Title: Walker's Primates of the World by William R. Konstant, Ronald M. Nowak, Anthony B. Rylands, Russell A. Mittermeier, Ernest P. Walker's Mammals of the World Walker ISBN: 0801862515 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Encyclopedia of Mammals, Second Edition by Edwin Gould, Gregory McKay, David Kirshner, George McKay ISBN: 0122936701 Publisher: Academic Press Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $41.95 |
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