Mammals of North America - Volume 1

Sergio Ticul Alvarez Castaneda Ph.D. is a Professor at Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste in México, Investigador titular “E” (full professor) and level III in the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (top level both). He is a Research Associated at the San Diego Museum of Natural History and The Museum of Southwestern Biology of the University of  New Mexico. He founded and acts as Editor-in-Chief of the international journal "Therya", member of Editorial boards of other three specialized mammals journals. Dr. Alvarez Castañeda is also the founder and curator of one of the ten top mammal collections in Latin America with representative specimens from North America. His interests are molecular ecology, evolutionary biology, systematics and conservation of mammals. Has published 9 books, more than 150 articles, 44 book chapters, 292 IUCN and 79 CONABIO accounts, more than 120 popular articles and 25 graduated students. His work is based on studies on endemic andendangered species from North America, mainly from México. He received the National Mexican Award “Mérito Ecológico”.

• Class Mammalia.- Subclass Theria.- Infraclass Marsupialia.- Order Didelphimorphia.- Family Didelphidae.- Infraclass Placentalia.- Order Carnivora.- Family Canidae .- Family Mephitidae.- Family Mustelidae.- Family Odobenidae.- Family Otariidae.- Family Phocidae.- Family Procyonidae.- Family Ursidae.- Family Felidae.- Order Cetartiodactyla.- Family Antilocapridae.- Family Bovidae.- Family Cervidae.- Family Tayassuidae.- Order Chiroptera.- Family Emballonuridae.- Family Molossidae.- Family Mormoopidae.- Family Natalidae.- Family Noctilionidae.- Family Phyllostomidae.- Family Thyropteridae.- Family Vespertilionidae.- Order Cingulata.- Family Dasypodidae.- Order Eulipotyphla.- Family Soricidae.- Family Talpidae.- Order Lagomorpha.- Family Leporidae.- Family Ochotonidae.- Order Perissodactyla.- Family Tapiridae.- Order Pilosa.- Family Cyclopedidae.- Family Myrmecophagidae.- Order Primates.- Family Atelidae.- Order Rodentia.- Family Castoridae.- Family Geomyidae.- Family Heteromyidae.- Family Cricetidae.- Family Dipodidae.- Family Cuniculidae.- Family Erethizontidae.- Family Aplodontiidae.- Family Sciuridae.- Order Sirenia.- Family Trichechidae.

“For each taxonomic group this book offers an identification key. All species are presented with a list of their subspecies (if recognized) and a very helpful distribution map of the species and subspecies. … this book is the most updated book about the taxonomy of mammals in North America. It will become the main source for taxonomy and systematics of North American mammals and their subspecies for the next years!” (Thiemo Braasch, Suiform Soundings, Vol. 23 (1), 2024)