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311 Seiten, mit zahlreichen Schwarzweiß- und Farbfotos vom Verfasser, Alan Root und anderen, sowie 197 Zeichnungen. Verlag: Kindler Verlag GmbH München, Bestellnummer 7390.

Ungulate Taxonomy.

336 Seiten.
John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. ISBN-13 978-1-4214-0093-8 und ISBN-10 1-4214-0093-6.

Verlagstext:

A group of special interest to mammalogists, taxonomists, and systemicists, ungulates have proven difficult to classify. This comprehensive review of the taxonomic relationships of artiodactyls and perissodactyls brings forth new evidence in order to propose a theory of ungulate taxonomy.

With this straightforward volume, Colin Groves and the late Peter Grubb cut through previous assumptions to define ungulate genera, species, and subspecies. The species-by-species accounts incorporate new molecular, cytogenetic, and morphological data, as well as the authors’ own observations and measurements. The authors include references and supporting arguments for new classifications.

A starting point for further research, this book is sure to be discussed and hotly debated in the mammalogical community. A well-reasoned synthesis, Ungulate Taxonomy will be a defining volume for years to come.

Ungulate Taxonomy - A new perspective from Groves and Grubb (2011)

Taxonomy (the study of classification) is a constantly-evolving field. Every year, changes to the "standard" list of ungulates (covering approximately 250 species) are proposed as new physical and genetic evidence becomes available: renaming subspecies as distinct species, separating (or uniting) genera, or naming species new to science. Most taxonomic changes are rather restricted in scale (usually reorganizing a species or genus). Rarely, however, entire orders are reviewed and revised: the ENTIRE scope of hoofed mammals receives such a treatment in Ungulate Taxonomy (Groves and Grubb, 2011).

Ungulate Taxonomy turns the classification of hoofed mammals on its head. Whereas traditional species lists rely on the Biological Species Concept (which differentiates species on the basis of "reproductive isolation", the lack of interbreeding in nature), Groves and Grubb have applied the Phylogenetic Species Concept (which separates species on the basis of "fixed heritable differences": measureable characters that are consistently different between taxa). This change in approach has had major implication on the number of species: Groves and Grubb recognize over 450 distinct ungulates. Simultaneously, however, the recognition of subspecies has sharply declined: under the Phylogenetic Species Concept, populations that can be differentiated are listed as separate species; those which cannot be are grouped as a single taxon.

The new approach to ungulate classification is presented below alongside the traditional species list (note that species fact sheets are accessible from the Ungulates of the World page). Such a radical departure from tradition often encounters great resistance, but the application of the Phylogenetic Species Concept to ungulate taxa is not brand-new: it is generally well-accepted for taxa like babirusas, chevrotains, and musk deer.

Siehe dazu: U. SCHÜRER (2012) Neue Huftier-Taxonomie verursacht Probleme.

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Taxonomy of wild pigs Sus of the Philippines.

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 120: 163-191.

Abstract:

Native wild pigs of the Philippines are now in grave danger of extinction. Study of available material indicates that three species are present: Sundaland Sus barbatus on Palawan, and two endemic species, Sus philippensis (with three subspecies, one of them here described as new) on Luzon, Mindanao, Basilan, Leyte, Samar, Catanduanes and Mindoro, and Sus cebifroms on Negros, debit and Panay. Specimens from Jolo. Masbale and Bohol presently remain unallocated to species, and may reflect the occurrence of hybridization.

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Geographic variation in the black rhicoceros, Diceros bicornis (L. 1758).

Z. Säugetierk. 32 (5): 267-276.

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Der Elefant in Natur- und Kulturgeschichte.

484 Seiten, durchgehend bebildert.
Könemann Vedrlagsgesellschaft mbH, Köln. ISBN 3-8290-0448-6. 484 Seiten.

Der Gartenschläfer.

Kurzportraits von Wildtieren 15/29. Wildtier Schweiz, Zürich.[

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The Complete Book of Southern African Birds.

760 Seiten, reichlich illustriert mit Farbfotos, Strichzeichnungen und Verbreitungskarten. 6. Auflage. Struik New Holland Publishing, Cape Town. ISBN 9780947430115.

Verlagstext:

The Complete Book of Southern African Birds ranks as one of the most comprehensive volumes published on the natural history of the region. All the species known to occur are described, and more than 1000 full-colour photographs have been provided by leading photographers. This magnificent work will be of lasting value to expert and lay person alike, for it has been produced out of a strong commitment to and concern for southern Africa's wealth of bird life.

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Das Okapi.

120 Seiten, mit 63 s/w-Illustrationen.
Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei Nr. 231. A. Ziemsen Verlag, Wittenberg Lutherstadt.

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Aldabrachelys arnoldii (Bour 1982) – Arnold's Giant Tortoise.

Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises. 028.1. A Compilatory Project of the IUCN/SSC Freshwater Turtle and Tortoise Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5 (ISSN 1088-7105).

Summary:

Arnold’s  giant  tortoise, Aldabrachelys  arnoldi (=  Dipsochelys  arnoldi)   (Family Testudinidae), from the granitic Seychelles, is a controversial species possibly distinct from the Aldabra giant tortoise, A. gigantea  (= D. dussumieri  of some authors). The species is a morphologically distinctive morphotype, but has so far not been genetically distinguishable from the Aldabra tortoise,  and  is  considered  synonymous  with  that  species  by  many  researchers.  Captive  reared juveniles suggest that there may be a genetic basis for the morphotype and more detailed genetic work is needed to elucidate these relationships. The species is the only living saddle-backed tortoise in the Seychelles islands. It was apparently extirpated from the wild in the 1800s and believed to be extinct until recently purportedly rediscovered in captivity. The current population of this morphotype is 23 adults, including 18 captive adult males on Mahé Island, 5 adults recently introduced to Silhouette Island, and one free-ranging female on Cousine Island. Successful captive breeding has produced 138 juveniles to date.

Deer of the world – their evolution, behaviour and ecology.

432 Seiten.
Stackpole Books. ISBN-13: 9780811704960

Anbietertext:

Deer of the World tells the fascinating story of how the family Cervidae has evolved over the past 30 million years and how its adaptations have made it one of the most successful mammals in the world today. Here Dr Valerius Geist combines over 40 years of firsthand research with information from English, German, and Russian sources both published and unpublished to form the most comprehensive, up-to-date volume available on deer evolution, behaviour, and ecology. Since prehistory, deer have flourished in nearly every habitat, from desert to forest, from topics to tundra and have left a fossil record of dramatic earlier forms. As glaciers and humans altered the earth's landscape, deer adapted. Deer of the World defines the body types of both past and present species, revealing how they avoid predation, whether they prefer dense vegetation or open plains habitat, whether their numbers are limited by resources or predators, and how well-suited they are to their environments.