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Mammalogy

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Mammalian diversity - and the remarkable adaptations of living and fossil mammals - are the topic of this updated version of the standard text on mammalian biology. New figures and a completely updated systematic treatment characterize this volume, which should become the standard for professionals and the general public interested in the biology of mammals.

I purchased this for my 4000 level Mammalogy class. After the second week I discovered that 19 hours of all math and science classes was a bit much and with Mammalogy being the only optional class I was signed up for - It was the class that had to be dropped. I was devastated since it was my favorite of all of my classes, but it was the right thing to do. Anyway - even though I won't be taking this class until the spring, I still find myself reading this book. It's complex enough that you feel like you are learning something when reading, but clean enough that you don't really need an instructor there to fully understand. Now this is not a deep study of the systems and such, rather an overview of the different families and their systems and structural differences. This is an excellent intro to mammalogy and covers everything from the evolution of the different systems to distinguishing features. Very good text book. I would have liked a few colored pictures but it's not a huge issue.

The item arrived in good time and as described, it was great doing business with you. The product met my needs, Thank you.

I needed this book for a college course and its one of the few college textbooks I actually read! It is nicely written and easy to follow. My only complaint is that I wish the photos were in color instead of black and white. Highly recommend.

This book was assigned for my under-grad mammalogy class, and I (as well as most of the students in the class) was sorely disappointed in the content of the book. This book attempts to cover both general mammalian characteristics and detailed descriptions of each mammalian family, but it fails to do an adequate job on either subject. The general characteristics are too broad, with very little specifics about any one system, and the chapters on specific families cover only the most general aspects. Not recommended.

Like many a textbook it is painful to read. I would have organized the information within each subheading in each chapter a bit different. Some information is presented in brief, they go on to something else and then come back to the initial information. In addition, during lecture my professor will mention that the book presents something one way but it may not be the way the current scientific community presents it. But what can you do, when a professor assigns a book for the course, you have to get it...