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Sixth edition

Burlington : Jones & Bartlett Learning, [2015]

xi, 755 stran : ilustrace ; 28 cm

ISBN 978-1-284-03209-3 (brožováno)

Jones & Bartlett learning titles in biological science

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Obsahuje bibliografii na stranách 642-713 a rejstřík

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Contents // Preface X // Acknowledgments xii Mammalian Diversity 67 // 5 Monotremata 69 // Morphology 70 // Introduction to the Mammalia 1 Reproduction 71 // Paleontology 73 // 1 Introduction 3 // Classification 6 6 Metatheria 79 // Phylogeny Reconstruction 7 Morphology 80 // Reproduction 81 // 2 Mammalian Origins 13 Paleontology 82 // Morphological Features of Synapsids 15 Metatherians Versus Eutherians: 87 // Important Evolutionary Transformations 19 Relative Competitive Abilities // 23 South American Metatherians 88 // Early Mammals // Mesozoic Mammalian Radiations 25 Australasian Metatherians 91 // Cretaceous Mammals 30 7 Introduction to Eutherian // 3 Mammalian Characteristics 33 Mammals 105 // Soft Anatomy The Skeleton 35 47 8 Afrosoricida, Macroscelidea, and Tubulidentata 111 // 4 Classification of Mammals 60 Order Afrosoricida 113 // Order Macroscelidea 117 // Order Tubulidentata 120 // Contents vii // 9 Paenungulata 123 // Order Proboscidea: Elephants 125 // Order Sirenia: Sirenians 131 // Order Hyracoidea: Hyraxes 134 // 10 Cingulata, Pilosa, // and Pholidota 139 // Paleontology 141 // Order Cingulata 145 // Order Pilosa 147 // Order Pholidota 150 // 11 Dermoptera and Scandentia 153 // Order Dermoptera 154 // Order Scandentia 156 // 12 Primates 159 // Primate Origins 160 // Suborder Strepsirrhini 163 // Suborder Haplorrhini 171 // Platyrrhini 174 // Catarrhini 177 // 13 Rodentia and Lagomorpha ? // Order Rodentia 188 // Morphology 189 // Paleontology 189

// Jaw Muscle and Skull Specializations 192 // Suborder Sciuromorpha 193 // Suborder Castorimorpha 196 // Suborder Myomorpha 201 // Suborder Anomaluromorpha 210 // Suborder Hystricomorpha 212 // Infraorder Hystricognathi 213 // Order Lagomorpha 224 // 14 Erinaceomorpha and // Soricomorpha 231 // Order Erinaceomorpha 232 // Order Soricomorpha 234 // 15 Chiroptera 244 // Morphology 247 // Flight 250 // Paleontology 254 // Non-Echolocating Bats 255 // Echolocating Bats 257 // 16 Carnivora 282 // Feliformia 284 // Caniformia 293 // Pinnipedia 298 // Musteloidea 302 // 17 Perissodactyla ?? // Perissodactyl Evolution 312 // Cursorial Specialization 314 // Feeding Specialization 317 // Living Perissodactyls 317 // 18 Artio dactyla 325 // Evolution 326 // Morphology 327 // Ruminantia 333 // 19 Cetacea 346 // Paleontology 347 // Morphology 350 // Cetacean Adaptations 351 // Suborder Mysticeti 355 // Suborder Odontoceti 359 // // Mammalian Structure Ecology, Behavior, // and Function 369 and Conservation 473 // 20 Reproduction 371 23 Ecology 475 // Reproductive System Anatomy 372 Global Climate Patterns 477 // Monotreme Reproduction 375 Populations 481 // Therian Reproduction 376 Communities 500 // Major Reproductive Patterns 392 // Control of Reproductive Timing 396 24 Behavior 525 // Infanticide and Pregnancy Termination 397 Activity Rhythms 527 // Reproductive Cycles and Life-History Strategies 398 Foraging Behavior 529 // Litter Size and Seasonal Timing 400 Shelter-Building Behavior 535

// Communication 536 // 21 Aspects of Physiology 405 Defensive Behavior 546 // Endothermy: Benefits and Costs 406 Mating Systems 546 // Coping with Cold 410 Parental Care 551 // Coping with Heat 424 Social Behavior 551 // Behavioral Thermoregulation 428 // Fossorial Mammals: 25 Zoogeography 572 // Physiological Problems 429 Dispersal, Vicariance, // Aquatic and Semiaquatic Mammals: and Faunal Interchange 575 // Physiological Problems 431 Mammals of the Biogeographic Regions 577 // Energy Costs of Locomotion 433 Continental Drift, Mammalian Evolution, // Water Regulation 436 and Zoogeography 580 // Climate and Mammalian Distribution 583 // 22 Echolocation 447 South American Mammals and // Introducing Echolocation 448 the Great American Biotic Interchange 591 // The Role of Echolocation in the Lives The Unusual Mammalian Fauna // of Mammals 454 of Madagascar 595 // Evolution of Echolocation 457 The Island Syndrome 596 // Echolocation Calls and Foraging Strategies 458 // Bats Versus Moths 462 26 Mammalian Conservation // Echolocation in Cetaceans 464 Ethics 599 // Echolocation by Other Mammals 468 State of the Earth 600 // Human Impact on Mammals 602 // A New Conservation Ethic 605 // Contents ix // 27 Mammalian Domestication en // History of Domestication 612 // Domesticated Mammals 612 // Limits of Domestication 623 // 28 Mammalian Disease // and Zoonoses 625 // Viral Diseases 627 // Prion Diseases 632 // Bacterial Diseases 632 // Parasitic (Nonzoonotic) Diseases 635

// Other Emerging Pathogens (Nonzoonotic) 637 // Marine Mammal Diseases 638 // Conservation Medicine 639 // Bibliography 642 // Glossary 714 // Index 726