Read more
Informationen zum Autor Ernest P. Walker (1891-1969) began work on Mammals of the World in the early 1930s, when he became assistant director of the National Zoo in Washington. His work reflected an unequaled store of knowledge about the world's mammals. Ronald M. Nowak is the author of Walker's Mammals of the World: Monotremes, Marsupials, Afrotherians, Xenarthrans, and Sundatherians and was senior author of the fourth and fifth edition's of Walker's Mammals of the World. His other works on mammalogy include North American Quaternary Canis and several parts of the National Geographic Society's Wild Animals of North America, for which he also was editorial consultant. He received a Ph.D. in biology from the University of Kansas in 1973 and was staff mammalogist at the former Office of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, from 1974 to 1987. He served as an Air Force officer for four years and is a private pilot. Klappentext From aardwolves and bandicoots to yapoks and zorillas, this comprehensive reference on the world's mammals has been completely revised and updated. 1,550 illustrations. (both volumes). Zusammenfassung Walker himself devoted more than thirty years to the original project-and remains true to Walker's vision! smoothly combining thorough scholarship with a popular! readable style to preserve and enhance what the Washington Post called "a landmark of zoological literature."
