South Asian Mammals Their Diversity, Distribution, and Status /

• Main Authors: Srinivasulu, Chelmala (Author), Srinivasulu, Bhargavi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Animal ecology.; Biodiversity.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Life Sciences.; Animal Ecology.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.

Until now, information on mammals in South Asia has never been brought together on a single platform providing all‐inclusive knowledge on the subject.  This book is the most up‐to‐date comprehensive resource on the mammalian diversity of South Asia. It offers information on the diversity, distributi...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface.-  Acknowledgments
• Part 1 Introduction
• Chapter 1
• Background
• Chapter 2. Mammological Studies in South Asia.- Chapter 3. Recent phylogenetic changes.- Part 2. South Asian Mammals
• Chapter 4. Analysis
• Chapter 5. Extinct Mammals of South Asia
• Chapter 6. Domestic Mammals of South Asia. Chapter 7. Status of Mammals of South Asia.- Part 3 Checklist of South Asian Mammals.-  Chapter 9. Arrangement of Checklist
• CHapter 10. Order Proboscidea
• Chapter 11. Order Sirenia
• Chapter 12. Order Scandentia
• Chapter 13. Order Primates. - Chapter 14. Order Rodentia
• Chapter 15. Order Lagomorpha
• Chapter 16. Order Erinaceomorpha
• Chapter 17. Order Soricomorpha
• Chapter 18. Order Chiroptera
• Chapter 19. Order Pholidota
• Chapter 20. Order Carnivora
• Chapter 21. Order Perissodactyla
• Chapter 22. Order Artiodactyla
• Chapter 23
• Order Cetacea.-  References
• Appendices
• A. List of Mammals of Afghanistan
• B. List of Mammals of Bangladesh
• C. List of Mammals of Bhutan.-D. List of Mammals of India
• E. List of Mammals of Maldives
• F. List of Mammals of Nepal
• G. List of Mammals of Sri Lanka
• H. Red List status of Mammals of South Asia
• Index.                      .