Walker's Mammals of the World, Volume 2Gives an historical account of the world's mammals since 3,000 B.C., and then provides detailed information about every mammal on earth, divided by genus. |
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adult males animals areas Argentina ARTIODACTYLA average Banfield body length BOVIDAE breeding season brown burrows captive Carleton in Wilson central cetaceans classified cm long color Corbet and Hill dark deer dorsal dorsal fin E. R. Hall eastern endangered estrous cycle estrus feeding forests genera genus gestation period grams grass gray grayish groups Grzimek habitat hairs Head and body herds hind home range horns hunting incisors individuals Island IUCN Kingdon litter lived mainly mammae mating Meester and Setzer meters Mexico Miocene months MURIDAE Musser and Carleton nest North northern northwestern occurs Otariidae pelage pinnipeds Pleistocene polyestrous population density reported RODENTIA SCIURIDAE seals sexual maturity shoulder height single species skull sometimes southeastern southern specimen sq km squirrels subgenus subspecies tail length teeth territories underparts upper USDI usually Van Tienhoven weight western whale wild Wilson and Reeder winter young