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Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World (2-Volume Set)

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By: Connor J Burgin(Editor), Don E Wilson(Editor), Russell A Mittermeier(Editor), Anthony B Rylands(Editor), Thomas E Lacher, Jr.(Editor), Wes Sechrest(Editor), Toni Llobet François(Illustrator), Ilian Velikov(Illustrator), Lluís Sogorb Mallebrera(Illustrator), Faansie Peacock(Illustrator), Àlex Mascarell Llosa(Illustrator), Francesc Jutglar(Illustrator), Blanca Martí de Ahumada(Illustrator), Jesús Rodríguez-Osorio Martín(Illustrator), HE Razan Khalifa al Mubarak(Foreword By)
1166 pages, 7250+ colour illustrations, 6442 colour distribution maps
Publisher: Lynx Edicions
NHBS
An impressive appendix to the famous Handbook of the Mammals of the World series, this illustrated checklist provides the current taxonomy and distribution of every currently recognized species of mammal.
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Language: English, with vernacular names in English, French, German, and Spanish

The Handbook of the Mammals of the World (HMW) is an unprecedented, lavishly illustrated reference work for the Class Mammalia. This series of 9 large-format volumes describes and illustrates every currently recognized mammal species, and gives a detailed overview of each mammalian family. It provides up-to-date information on the evolutionary relationships, natural history, ecology, and current conservation status for all mammals. Every species is illustrated, and each family chapter contains beautiful colour photographs of mammals in action. HMW provides comprehensive worldwide coverage by involving an international group of expert authors, each of whom is a leading authority on their respective groups of mammals.

It took several years to produce the entire series, and this comprehensive Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World forms a suitable impressive capstone to the series. This latest work updates the taxonomy of each currently recognized species of mammal, providing a complete checklist in a set of two volumes (a set that comes in at 9 kilograms). HMW followed traditionally accepted classifications, based on Mammal Species of the World (Wilson and Reeder, 2005), but with several improvements. The views of the authors, all of them acknowledged authorities on their respective groups, were incorporated into each volume. Each volume considered the description of new species and ongoing systematic revisions that continue to add to our knowledge of the phylogenetic relationships within Mammalia. Ongoing taxonomic work and recent research using new molecular techniques have revolutionized our ability to analyze evolutionary relationships. This has resulted in sweeping changes in the number of species recognized in almost every group of mammals.

The new illustrated checklist incorporates all recently published revisions and combines them into a new, brief species account for every species. In addition to the updated scientific name of each species, the accounts include common names in English, French, German, and Spanish, and the IUCN Red List Conservation Category. Taxonomic notes update recent changes, and updated distributions are included too.  If subspecies are recognized, they are updated along with their current distributions. Accompanying each species account is a scientific illustration in full colour, adapted from the earlier volumes, along with an updated distribution map.

If you own the entire set of HMW, you will want to add this latest set of volumes to provide up-to-date coverage of all currently recognized species, including recently described forms. The Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World also works well as a complete, stand-alone summary of the current taxonomy and distribution of every currently recognized species of mammal.

Features:
- 27 orders, 167 families, 1,343 genera, 6,562 species (102 extinct and 18 domesticated).
- Features more than 7,250 illustrations, including 800 new ones of primates and more than 100 of other groups.
- Includes 6,442 distribution maps.

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  • Every mammal, updated, good illustrations
    By Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne 1 Nov 2020 Written for Hardback
    This boxed set of two volumes represents yet another scientific and publishing milestone by Lynx Edicions. For the first time in human history, every known extant mammal species is illustrated in a two-volume set. To pick the two volumes up and to know every mammal described to science is in them, is something special. It is hard to think of anyone with a deep interest in mammals who would not want to have these two volumes. For someone who writes and photographs natural history field guides, it is an invaluable reference. I just wish this updated taxonomic work had come out earlier and made my last project, A Naturalist’s Guide to the Mammals of Sri Lanka a little easier.

    The Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World (ICMW) is a continuation of over a decade of effort that preceded it with the Handbook of the Mammals of the World (HMW). The HMW was published in nine volumes between January 2009 and October 2019; a span of ten years. The HMW was a massive collaborative effort involving a large team of expert authors and artists working with a fair-sized team of editors and administrative staff. The ICMW draws heavily on the original text and artwork of the HMW, but has been updated as a number of significant changes have taken place in both the number of species described as well as in the taxonomy of mammals.

    The species are arranged in a phylogenetic order which represents their evolutionary history. Therefore, it becomes apparent that whales and dolphins are more closely related to deer than horses are to deer. Mammal systematics is discussed in the introductory pages and we learn that the book leans towards a Phylogenetic Species Concept. Volume 1 covers Monotremes to Rodents and Volume 2 covers Eulipotyphles to Carnivores. The ICMW is not just a catalogue of pictures executed to a high standard. There is brief text facing each plate. The text for the species accounts is divided into Orders, Families, Subfamilies, Tribes and Genera. The families are in white text against a shaded bar allowing for easy visual navigation. The front and back inside covers have a visual index to each of the families containing the page numbers as well as the number of genera and species. The text for each species summarises its taxonomy and distribution. Where subspecies are present, the distribution is described at subspecies level. English, French and German names are provided with alternative common English names. The IUCN threat category and the reference to the HMW volume and page number are given. The plates have a distribution map next to each species, with some mammals’ distinctive subspecies also being illustrated.

    Much of the design of the book follows the design principles developed in other Lynx titles to enable the reader to navigate and find information easily. However, I am very surprised that unlike in the two-volume Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World and the recent All the Birds of the World, they did not include the common English name in prominent font next to the scientific name. This does improve the aesthetics of the plates. Many people will find it pleasurable just to browse through the plates and feast their eyes on the remarkable diversity of mammals. However, it is a tad irksome to keep glancing at the text opposite the plates to look up the common name. Another departure from improving the popular appeal of the book is the cover. The cover uses an evolutionary tree which undoubtedly captures the essence of what this publication is about. The downside is that it is rather ‘techy’ and lacks the mass appeal (and hence sales potential) of a stunning cover image as was the case with All the Birds of the World.

    I can only speculate that it may be a conscious decision by the editors and publisher to signal that this is a serious taxonomic work. Perhaps a popular version, an All the Mammals of the World is yet to come. The taxonomic notes for each species are undoubtedly a key strength of the book. Let me give an example. Because I write field guides, I have a practical need to understand the current status of the Golden Jackal Canis aureus which has been split based on molecular work, from the African Golden Wolf Canis lupaster. The concise text (with citations) coupled with the distribution maps makes it all clear very quickly. The taxonomic notes on the African Golden Wolf refer to terms such as ‘nomen dubium’, type specimen and nomenclatural concepts such as the oldest available name. These are not as forbidding as they may seem and the section on nomenclature (page 33) in the introduction explain this clearly in plain language. This section even has the technical terms in boldface to help people who are new to taxonomic terminology. The introduction (pages 23 – 40) is written well, starting with a history on mammal record keeping and an entertaining anecdote on how Oldfield Thomas went on to describe 927 species which are still valid today. The heavily referenced discussion on mammalian phylogeny can be skipped over by the casual enthusiast. But there are good and accessible sections on speciation, species concepts and biogeography. Important taxonomic concepts such as whether a group is monophyletic, paraphyletic or polyphyletic are explained clearly with the use of diagrams.

    Presenting it in two volumes helps with handling, but with a combined weight of 6.4 kg, each volume is still rather heavy and not one you would carry in your day pack to read on the commute to work. With over 7,150 illustrations describing 6,554 species in 27 orders and 167 families, this is a remarkable work. Volume 2 in the end sections contains a listing of key references (pages 467 to 477).

    With small mammals such as rodents, you expect point endemics confined to very small geographical areas. However, browsing through the book you notice that this can be the case even for large ungulates such as the species of Topi found in Africa. I had not quite appreciated that the Serengeti Topi I had seen in Africa was so range-restricted. The illustrations (mainly by Toni Llobet) are drawn in the photorealism style. They are pleasing to people who have spent a lot of time watching mammals in the wild and like accuracy. However, it is important to be mindful that this is an illustrated checklist as it says on the cover. It is not a field guide and with many of the smaller mammals and the much larger cetaceans, for different reasons, the illustrations in this book cannot suffice as a field guide. Additional illustrations, photographs and text are needed for a field guide. That, of course, does not diminish the joy of being able to have all the world’s mammals in front of you and to idly thumb through, discovering mammals you have never seen before or whose existence you had not been aware of.
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World / Checklist Flora / Fauna
By: Connor J Burgin(Editor), Don E Wilson(Editor), Russell A Mittermeier(Editor), Anthony B Rylands(Editor), Thomas E Lacher, Jr.(Editor), Wes Sechrest(Editor), Toni Llobet François(Illustrator), Ilian Velikov(Illustrator), Lluís Sogorb Mallebrera(Illustrator), Faansie Peacock(Illustrator), Àlex Mascarell Llosa(Illustrator), Francesc Jutglar(Illustrator), Blanca Martí de Ahumada(Illustrator), Jesús Rodríguez-Osorio Martín(Illustrator), HE Razan Khalifa al Mubarak(Foreword By)
1166 pages, 7250+ colour illustrations, 6442 colour distribution maps
Publisher: Lynx Edicions
NHBS
An impressive appendix to the famous Handbook of the Mammals of the World series, this illustrated checklist provides the current taxonomy and distribution of every currently recognized species of mammal.
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"[...] For my part, I found the beautifully produced Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World to be very inspiring, and, perhaps not surprisingly, it has revitalised my interest in searching for some of the mammals that I have always wanted to see. For those with a deep interest in mammals, this book provides an unrivalled opportunity to add something very special to their library, and it is hard to envisage that they wouldn’t want to own it. For anyone who has already invested in the HMW series, the checklist provides essential updates to taxonomy, whilst maps and illustrations have been comprehensively improved in light of newly published information. Even birders with only a passing interest in mammals will likely find this book very satisfying, and although by no means a field guide, the illustrations combined with the maps can potentially help in identifying mammals one observes or photographs on any birding trip."
– Frank Lambert (16-03-2021), read the full review at The Birder's Library

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