Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia / 15, Mammals : 4 / Melissa C. McDade, project ed

Foreword ............................................................................ ix How to use this book ........................................................ xii Advisory boards.................................................................. xiv Contributing writers .......................................................... xvi Contributing illustrators.................................................... xx Volume 12: Mammals I What is a mammal? ........................................................... 3 Ice Age giants..................................................................... 17 Contributions of molecular genetics to phylogenetics...................................................................... 26 Structure and function....................................................... 36 Adaptations for flight......................................................... 52 Adaptations for aquatic life ............................................... 62 Adaptations for subterranean life ...................................... 69 Sensory systems, including echolocation.......................... 79 Life history and reproduction ........................................... 89 Reproductive processes...................................................... 101 Ecology............................................................................... 113 Nutritional adaptations...................................................... 120 Distribution and biogeography ......................................... 129 Behavior.............................................................................. 140 Cognition and intelligence ................................................ 149 Migration............................................................................ 164 Mammals and humans: Domestication and commensals ........................................................................ 171 Mammals and humans: Mammalian invasives and pests .................................................................................... 182 Mammals and humans: Field techniques for studying mammals............................................................................. 194 Mammals and humans: Mammals in zoos........................ 203 Conservation ...................................................................... 213 Order MONOTREMATA Monotremes ....................................................................... 227 Family: Echidnas......................................................... 235 Family: Duck-billed platypus ..................................... 243 Order DIDELPHIMORPHIA New World opossums Family: New World opossums................................... 249 Order PAUCITUBERCULATA Shrew opossums Family: Shrew opossums ............................................ 267 Order MICROBIOTHERIA Monitos del monte Family: Monitos del monte ........................................ 273 Order DASYUROMORPHIA Australasian carnivorous marsupials.................................. 277 Family: Marsupial mice and cats, Tasmanian devil.............................................................................. 287 Family: Numbat .......................................................... 303 Family: Tasmanian wolves ......................................... 307 For further reading ............................................................ 311 Organizations ..................................................................... 316 Contributors to the first edition ....................................... 318 Glossary.............................................................................. 325 Mammals species list ......................................................... 330 Geologic time scale............................................................ 364 Index ................................................................................... 365 Volume 13: Mammals II Order PERAMELEMORPHIA Bandicoots and bilbies ....................................................... 1 Family: Bandicoots...................................................... 9 Subfamily: Bilbies........................................................ 19 Order NOTORYCTEMORPHIA Marsupial moles Family: Marsupial moles............................................. 25 Order DIPROTODONTIA Koala, wombats, possums, wallabies, and kangaroos ....... 31 Family: Koalas............................................................. 43 Family: Wombats........................................................ 51 Family: Possums and cuscuses.................................... 57 Family: Musky rat-kangaroos..................................... 69 Family: Rat-kangaroos ................................................ 73 Family: Wallabies and kangaroos............................... 83 Family: Pygmy possums ............................................. 105 Family: Ringtail and greater gliding possums ........... 113 Family: Gliding and striped possums ........................ 125 Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia v • • • • • Contents Family: Honey possums.............................................. 135 Family: Feather-tailed possums.................................. 139 Order XENARTHRA Sloths, anteaters, and armadillos....................................... 147 Family: West Indian sloths and two-toed tree sloths............................................................................ 155 Family: Three-toed tree sloths................................... 161 Family: Anteaters ........................................................ 171 Family: Armadillos ...................................................... 181 Order INSECTIVORA Insectivores......................................................................... 193 Family: Gymnures and hedgehogs............................. 203 Family: Golden moles................................................. 215 Family: Tenrecs .......................................................... 225 Family: Solenodons..................................................... 237 Family: Extinct West Indian shrews.......................... 243 Family: Shrews I: Red-toothed shrews............................................. 247 II: White-toothed shrews......................................... 265 Family: Moles, shrew moles, and desmans................ 279 Order SCANDENTIA Tree shrews Family: Tree shrews ................................................... 289 Order DERMOPTERA Colugos Family: Colugos .......................................................... 299 Order CHIROPTERA Bats ..................................................................................... 307 Family: Old World fruit bats I: Pteropus................................................................. 319 II: All other genera................................................... 333 Family: Mouse-tailed bats .......................................... 351 Family: Sac-winged bats, sheath-tailed bats, and ghost bats ............................................................. 355 Family: Kitti’s hog-nosed bats ................................... 367 Family: Slit-faced bats ................................................ 371 Family: False vampire bats ......................................... 379 Family: Horseshoe bats .............................................. 387 Family: Old World leaf-nosed bats ........................... 401 Family: American leaf-nosed bats .............................. 413 Family: Moustached bats ............................................ 435 Family: Bulldog bats ................................................... 443 Family: New Zealand short-tailed bats...................... 453 Family: Funnel-eared bats .......................................... 459 Family: Smoky bats..................................................... 467 Family: Disk-winged bats ........................................... 473 Family: Old World sucker-footed bats...................... 479 Family: Free-tailed bats and mastiff bats................... 483 Family: Vespertilionid bats I: Vespertilioninae................................................... 497 II: Other subfamilies ................................................ 519 For further reading ............................................................ 527 Organizations ..................................................................... 532 Contributors to the first edition ....................................... 534 Glossary.............................................................................. 541 Mammals species list ......................................................... 546 Geologic time scale............................................................ 580 Index ................................................................................... 581 Volume 14: Mammals III Order PRIMATES Primates.............................................................................. 1 Family: Lorises and pottos ......................................... 13 Family: Bushbabies ..................................................... 23 Family: Dwarf lemurs and mouse lemurs.................. 35 Family: Lemurs ........................................................... 47 Family: Avahis, sifakas, and indris.............................. 63 Family: Sportive lemurs.............................................. 73 Family: Aye-ayes ......................................................... 85 Family: Tarsiers .......................................................... 91 Family: New World monkeys I: Squirrel monkeys and capuchins ........................ 101 II: Marmosets, tamarins, and Goeldi’s monkey...... 115 Family: Night monkeys .............................................. 135 Family: Sakis, titis, and uakaris .................................. 143 Family: Howler monkeys and spider monkeys ......... 155 Family: Old World monkeys I: Colobinae............................................................. 171 II: Cercopithecinae................................................... 187 Family: Gibbons.......................................................... 207 Family: Great apes and humans I: Great apes............................................................ 225 II: Humans................................................................ 241 Order CARNIVORA Land and marine carnivores.............................................. 255 Family: Dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, and foxes ............................................................................. 265 Dogs and cats.............................................................. 287 Family: Bears............................................................... 295 Family: Raccoons and relatives .................................. 309 Family: Weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters ........... 319 Family: Civets, genets, and linsangs .......................... 335 Family: Mongooses and fossa..................................... 347 Family: Aardwolf and hyenas ..................................... 359 Family: Cats ................................................................ 369 Family: Eared seals, fur seals, and sea lions .............. 393 Family: Walruses......................................................... 409 Family: True seals....................................................... 417 For further reading ............................................................ 437 Organizations ..................................................................... 442 Contributors to the first edition ....................................... 444 Glossary.............................................................................. 451 Mammals species list ......................................................... 456 Geologic time scale............................................................ 490 Index ................................................................................... 491 Volume 15: Mammals IV Order CETACEA Whales, dolphins, and porpoises....................................... 1 Family: Ganges and Indus dolphins........................... 13 vi Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia Contents Family: Baijis ............................................................... 19 Family: Franciscana dolphins ..................................... 23 Family: Botos .............................................................. 27 Family: Porpoises........................................................ 33 Family: Dolphins......................................................... 41 Family: Beaked whales...................................................59 Family: Sperm whales................................................. 73 Family: Belugas and narwhals .................................... 81 Family: Gray whales ................................................... 93 Family: Pygmy right whales ....................................... 103 Family: Right whales and bowhead whales ............... 107 Family: Rorquals ......................................................... 119 The ungulates .................................................................... 131 Ungulate domestication..................................................... 145 Order TUBULIDENTATA Aardvarks Family: Aardvarks........................................................ 155 Order PROBOSCIDEA Elephants Family: Elephants ....................................................... 161 Order HYRACOIDEA Hyraxes Family: Hyraxes .......................................................... 177 Order SIRENIA Dugongs, sea cows, and manatees .................................... 191 Family: Dugongs and sea cows .................................. 199 Family: Manatees ........................................................ 205 Order PERISSODACTYLA Odd-toed ungulates ........................................................... 215 Family: Horses, zebras, and asses .............................. 225 Family: Tapirs ............................................................. 237 Family: Rhinoceroses.................................................. 249 Order ARTIODACTYLA Even-toed ungulates .......................................................... 263 Family: Pigs................................................................. 275 Family: Peccaries......................................................... 291 Family: Hippopotamuses ............................................ 301 Family: Camels, guanacos, llamas, alpacas, and vicuñas ......................................................................... 313 Family: Chevrotains.................................................... 325 Family: Deer Subfamily: Musk deer ............................................ 335 Subfamily: Muntjacs............................................... 343 Subfamily: Old World deer................................... 357 Subfamily: Chinese water deer.............................. 373 Subfamily: New World deer ................................. 379 Family: Okapis and giraffes ........................................ 399 Family: Pronghorn...................................................... 411 For further reading ............................................................ 419 Organizations ..................................................................... 424 Contributors to the first edition ....................................... 426 Glossary.............................................................................. 433 Mammals species list ......................................................... 438 Geologic time scale............................................................ 472 Index ................................................................................... 473 Volume 16: Mammals V Family: Antelopes, cattle, bison, buffaloes, goats, and sheep..................................................................... 1 I: Kudus, buffaloes, and bison................................ 11 II: Hartebeests, wildebeests, gemsboks, oryx, and reedbucks.............................................................. 27 III: Gazelles, springboks, and saiga antelopes.......... 45 IV: Dikdiks, beiras, grysboks, and steenboks ........... 59 V: Duikers................................................................. 73 VI: Sheep, goats, and relatives .................................. 87 Order PHOLIDOTA Pangolins Family: Pangolins........................................................ 107 Order RODENTIA Rodents .............................................................................. 121 Family: Mountain beavers .......................................... 131 Family: Squirrels and relatives I: Flying squirrels.................................................... 135 II: Ground squirrels ................................................. 143 III: Tree squirrels ...................................................... 163 Family: Beavers ........................................................... 177 Family: Pocket gophers .............................................. 185 Family: Pocket mice, kangaroo rats, and kangaroo mice.............................................................................. 199 Family: Birch mice, jumping mice, and jerboas........ 211 Family: Rats, mice, and relatives I: Voles and lemmings ............................................ 225 II: Hamsters.............................................................. 239 III: Old World rats and mice.................................... 249 IV: South American rats and mice ........................... 263 V: All others ............................................................. 281 Family: Scaly-tailed squirrels...................................... 299 Family: Springhares .................................................... 307 Family: Gundis ............................................................ 311 Family: Dormice ......................................................... 317 Family: Dassie rats ...................................................... 329 Family: Cane rats ........................................................ 333 Family: African mole-rats ........................................... 339 Family: Old World porcupines .................................. 351 Family: New World porcupines................................. 365 Family: Viscachas and chinchillas .............................. 377 Family: Pacaranas........................................................ 385 Family: Cavies and maras ........................................... 389 Family: Capybaras ....................................................... 401 Family: Agoutis............................................................ 407 Family: Pacas ............................................................... 417 Family: Tuco-tucos ..................................................... 425 Family: Octodonts....................................................... 433 Family: Chinchilla rats................................................ 443 Family: Spiny rats........................................................ 449 Family: Hutias ............................................................. 461 Family: Giant hutias.................................................... 469 Family: Coypus ........................................................... 473 Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia vii Contents Order LAGOMORPHA Pikas, rabbits, and hares .................................................... 479 Family: Pikas ............................................................... 491 Family: Hares and rabbits .......................................... 505 Order MACROSCELIDEA Sengis Family: Sengis ............................................................. 517 For further reading ............................................................ 533 Organizations ..................................................................... 538 Contributors to the first edition ....................................... 540 Glossary.............................................................................. 547 Mammals species list ......................................................... 552 Geologic time scale............................................................ 586 Index ................................................................................... 587 viii