Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa : a biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis

This comprehensive handbook covers all the rodents occurring in Southern, Central, East and West Africa, south of the Sahara. Genus and species accounts include diagnostic descriptions, systematics and taxonomy, biogeographical environment, fossil species, photographs of skull and mandible, illustrations of molar dentition, photographs of live animals, distribution maps and tables of standard museum measurements. * Up-to-date taxonomy for African rodents * Resource for reliable identification of rodent species * Accurate and up-to-date distribution maps based on museum specimens

This comprehensive handbook covers all the rodents occurring in Southern, Central, East and West Africa, south of the Sahara. Genus and species accounts include diagnostic descriptions, systematics and taxonomy, biogeographical environment, fossil species, photographs of skull and mandible, illustrations of molar dentition, photographs of live animals, distribution maps and tables of standard museum measurements.

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Introduction; Rationale and Scope of the Book; Evolution of Fossil Rodents in Africa; Importance of Rodents; Conservation of African rodents; General Methods and Layout of Book; Species accounts; Order: Rodentia; Family: Gliridae; Family: Sciuridae; Family: Myocastoridae; Family: Ctenodactylidae; Family: Hystricidae; Family: Thryonomyidae; Family: Petromuridae; Family: Bathyergidae; Family: Anomaluridae; Family: Pedetidae; Family: Dipodidae; Family: Spalacidae; Subfamily: Tachyoryctinae; Family: Nesomyidae; Family: Muridae; Subfamily: Deomyinae Covers all the rodents occurring in Southern, Central, East and West Africa, south of the Sahara. This book includes diagnostic descriptions, systematics and taxonomy, biogeographical environment, fossil species, photographs of skull and mandible, illustrations of molar dentition, photographs and tables of standard museum measurements. Subfamily: GerbillinaeSubfamily: Leimacomyinae; Subfamily: Lophiomyinae; Subfamily: Murinae. TEIL 1; Subfamily: Murinae. TEIL 2; References; Appendix Ara Monadjem [and 3 Others]. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 1021-1065) And Index.