The Principles of Classification and a Classification of Mammals
Author: George Gaylord Simpson
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Published: 1945
Total Pages: 378
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Published: 1945
Total Pages: 378
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Published: 1945
Total Pages: 350
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Malcolm C. McKenna
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 631
ISBN-13: 9780231110136
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Embracing more than 5,000 genera, distributed in 425 families and 46 orders, Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell's Classification of Mammals is the most comprehensive work to date on the systematics, relationships, and occurrences of all mammal taxa, living and extinct, down through the rank of genus. Since George Gaylord Simpson's 1945 classification, the paleontological record has been recalibrated, and the intervening years have seen much debate and progress concerning the theoretical underpinnings of systematization. McKenna inherited the project from Simpson and, with Bell, has constructed a completely updated hierarchical system that reflects the genealogy of Mammalia.
Author: Louis Agassiz
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781019607619
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Written by the renowned Swiss naturalist Louis Agassiz, this book presents a detailed analysis of the principles underlying the classification of animals. It proposes a new system of classification based on the study of embryology and anatomy, and offers insights into the relationships between different groups of animals. This classic work of natural history is still widely read and admired by scholars and students of biology. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Malcolm C. McKenna
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1997-10-17
Total Pages: 654
ISBN-13: 9780231528535
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Author: W. Luckett
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 1468421662
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The past decade has witnessed a tremendous surge of interest in varied aspects of primate biology, encompassing virtually all disciplines of the biological sciences. Regardless of whether these studies have been approached from a paleontological, morphological, developmental, biochemical, neuroanatomical, or behavioral point of view, one under lying theme has been a common interest in the possible phylogenetic relationships suggested by the results of such studies. In some cases, sound taxonomic principles have not been followed in the interpretation of these data, and this has led to skepticism among many taxonomists with regard to the validity of some of the genealogical relationships and conclusions suggested by comparative studies of living primates. It is generally agreed that the fossil record alone provides the essential time dimension for directly observing changes in characteristics, but unfortunately this record is limited both in the number of genera represented and particularly in the incomplete nature of the available preserved material. On the other hand, extensive comparative analyses of numerous characteristics in living primates have provided additional insight into possible phylogenetic relationships, despite the lack of a time dimension. Such studies of both fossil and living primates are enhanced considerably by a cladistic analysis of the probable primitive (ancestral) or advanced (derived) condition of each character state discussed, based upon their distribution (and ontogeny, wherever possible) in a wide variety of primate and nonprimate taxa, including other eutherian mammals, marsupials, mono tremes, and reptiles.
Author: George Gaylord Simpson
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9780231096508
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explains the origins and methods involved in the systematic classification of animals
Author: Arthur Frederick Gotch
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 714
ISBN-13: 9780816033775
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Describes the meanings of the Latin names of over 4,000 individual species, and gives a translation of the Latin name
Author: Terry Vaughan
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2011-04-21
Total Pages: 770
ISBN-13: 0763762997
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Newly revised and extensively updated, the fifth edition of Mammalogy explains and clarifies the subject of mammalian biology as a unified whole, taking care to discuss the latest and most fascinating discoveries in the field. In recent years we witnessed significant changes in the taxonomy of mammals. The authors kept pace with such changes and revised each chapter to reflect the most current data and statistics available. New pedagogical elements, including chapter outlines, lists of key morphological characteristics, and further reading sections, help readers grasp the most important concepts and explore additional content on their own." --Book Jacket.