Handbook of Mammals of Madagascar

The Handbook of the Mammals of Madagascar is a comprehensive guide to the region's mammals, featuring 217 native species and over 15 years of research. It includes detailed accounts of each species, with sections on description, identification, habitat, distribution, behavior, and where to see them. The book also covers the islands' regions and habitats, threats to mammals, conservation, and important mammal watching sites, with exceptional photography.

Format: Hardback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 05 January 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Madagascar is home to one of the most remarkable assemblages of mammals on earth, with millions of years of isolation resulting in the evolution of a suite of species that are exceptional for two major reasons. Firstly, every native non-volant species (approximately 210 species) is endemic, meaning that they are found nowhere else on earth. No other island or place on earth boasts such a combination of species richness and endemism. And secondly, these mammals have evolved an extraordinary diversity of body forms and lifestyles, often displaying significant convergence with forms elsewhere but also at times evolving utterly unique features.

Handbook of the Mammals of Madagascar describes all 217 native species, including bats, tenrecs, mice and lemurs, and a small number of introduced, non-native species. Species accounts are subdivided into sections covering description and identification, habitat and distribution (including distribution maps), behaviour and where to see. Over the past 15 years, major advances in research have been made into the islands mammal fauna, and species accounts include all the latest information.

Supporting chapters cover the islands regions and habitats, threats to mammals, conservation and important mammal watching sites. There is also a section covering the bizarre extinct mammal fauna. Throughout, the book is illustrated with exceptional, high-quality photography, often featuring species rarely photographed previously.

Weight: 1392g
Dimension: 248 x 181 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472985934