Manual of the Mammalia

Douglas A. Kelt is professor of wildlife ecology at the University of California, Davis, and incoming president of the American Society of Mammalogists.He lives in Woodland, CA. James L. Patton is professor emeritus of integrative biology and curator of mammals at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, and a past president of the American Society of Mammalogists. He is coeditor most recently of Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents, also published by the University of Chicago Press. He lives in Kensington, CA.

• IntroductionOrganization of This ManualAcknowledgmentsBasics of Mammalian AnatomyCranial and Postcranial AnatomyThe Mammalian SkullPostcranial SkeletonThe IntegumentMammalian HairFoot Posture and Foot PadsTeethDental FormulaeTooth MorphologyTypes of Molar Occlusal PatternsSpecialized Molar CuspsCrown Height and Root DevelopmentIncisor ProcumbencyClassification of Living MammalsClass MammaliaSubclass PrototheriaOrder MonotremataSubclass TheriaInfraclass Metatheria (= Marsupialia)Order DidelphimorphiaOrder PaucituberculataOrder MicrobiotheriaOrder NotoryctemorphiaOrder DasyuromorphiaOrder Peramelemorphia (= Peramelina)Order DiprotodontiaSuborder VombatiformesSuborder PhalangeriformesSuborder MacropodiformesInfraclass Eutheria or PlacentaliaClade AtlantogenataClade XenarthraOrder CingulataOrder PilosaSuborder FolivoraSuborder VermilinguaClade AfrotheriaClade AfroinsectiphiliaOrder TubulidentataClade AfroinsectivoraOrder MacroscelideaOrder TenrecoideaSuborder ChrysochlorideaSuborder TenrecomorphaClade Paenungulata (= Subungulata)Order HyracoideaClade TethytheriaOrder ProboscideaOrder SireniaClade BoreoeutheriaClade EuarchontogliresClade GliresOrder LagomorphaOrder RodentiaSuborder SciuromorphaSuborder CastorimorphaSuborder Myomorpha (= Myodonta)Suborder AnomaluromorphaSuborder Hystricomorpha (= Ctenohystrica)Infraorder CtenodactylomorphiInfraorder HystricognathiClade EuarchontaOrder PrimatesSuborder StrepsirrhiniInfraorder LemuriformesInfraorder ChiromyiformesInfraorder LorisiformesSuborder HaplorrhiniInfraorder TarsiiformesInfraorder Simiiformes (= Anthropoidea)Clade SundatheriaOrder DermopteraOrder ScandentiaClade LaurasiatheriaClade Lipotyphla (= Eulipotyphla)Order ErinaceomorphaOrder SoricomorphaClade ScrotiferaOrder ChiropteraClade Yinpterochiroptera (= Pteropodiformes)Clade Yangochiroptera (= Vespertilioniformes)Clade FeraeOrder PholidotaOrder CarnivoraSuborder FeliformiaSuborder CaniformiaClade EuungulataOrder PerissodactylaSuperorder CetartiodactylaOrder ArtiodactylaSuborder SuinaSuborder Whippomorpha      Infraorder AncodontaSuborder TylopodaSuborder RuminantiaInfraorder TragulinaInfraorder PecoraClade Cetacea (= Cete)Subclade MysticetiSubclade OdontocetiGlossaryLiterature CitedIndex to Taxonomic Names above the Genus Level

"An outstanding contribution to our efforts to teach students and professionals the wealth of recent literature that is recasting our understanding of the world's mammals. I applaud Kelt and Patton for keeping Lawlor's name associated with this massive revision. It isn't so much 'Lawlor's . . .' anymore, but it is very generous of these authors to recognize his initial efforts and contributions in teaching a next generation of mammalogists. The glossary and illustrations are excellent and most helpful. This book will be the standard for years to come."--Robert M. Timm, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, and past president, American Society of Mammalogists "Kelt and Patton have greatly expanded Lawlor's work with new taxonomic and systematic organization, many more and better illustrations, and a more extensive bibliography. This new rendition is much improved. There is hardly a better manual for comparing old and new taxonomic and phylogenetic constructs for the Class Mammalia. Relations of groups of mammals, and Mammaliaformes, are clearly presented. Characteristics of each order and family are clearly and succinctly listed. Drawings and photos are first rate and clearly illustrate the desired points for each character/group. This book will have a place on the bookshelf of every mammalogist worldwide."--Michael A. Mares, director, curator, and professor emeritus, Sam Noble Museum, University of Oklahoma, and past president, American Society of Mammalogists