Wilson and Reeder's Mammal Species of the World is the classic reference book on the taxonomic classification and distribution of the more than 5400 species of mammals that exist today. The third edition includes detailed information on nomenclature and, for the first time, common names. Each concise entry covers type locality, distribution, synonyms, and major reference sources. The systematic arrangement of information indicates evolutionary relationships at both the ordinal and the family level. This indispensable reference work belongs in public and academic libraries throughout the world and on the shelf of every biologist who works with mammals.
- ISBN10 1560982179
- ISBN13 9781560982173
- Publish Date June 1993
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 23 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Smithsonian Books
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 1312
- Language English