FOSSIL RECORD 8

FOSSIL RECORD 8

Author: Spencer G. Lucas

Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

Published: 2022-08-02

Total Pages: 506

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FOSSIL RECORD 7

FOSSIL RECORD 7

Author: Spencer G. Lucas

Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

Published: 2021-04-01

Total Pages: 578

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Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries

Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries

Author: Mario Melletti

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-11-23

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 1316953408

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Wild pigs inhabit vast areas in Europe, Southern Asia and Africa, and have been introduced in North and South America, while feral pigs are widespread in Australia and New Zealand. Many wild pig species are threatened with extinction, but Eurasian wild boar populations, however, are increasing in many regions. Covering all wild pig and peccary species, the Suidae and Tayassuidae families, this comprehensive review presents new information about the evolution, taxonomy and domestication of wild pigs and peccaries alongside novel case studies on conservation activities and management. One hundred leading experts from twenty five countries synthesise understanding of this group of species; discussing current research, and gaps in the knowledge of researchers, conservation biologists, zoologists, wildlife managers and students. This beautifully illustrated reference includes the long history of interactions between wild pigs and humans, the benefits some species have brought us and their role and impact on natural ecosystems.


Fossil Record 4

Fossil Record 4

Author: Robert M. Sullivan

Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 347

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Fossil Record 5

Fossil Record 5

Author: Robert M. Sullivan

Publisher: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 368

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Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like Mammals

Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like Mammals

Author: Christine M. Janis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-05-28

Total Pages: 712

ISBN-13: 9780521355193

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This book is designed as a source and reference for people interested in the history and fossil record of North American tertiary mammals. Each chapter covers a different family or order, and includes information on anatomical features, systematics, the distribution of the genera and species at different fossil localities, and a discussion of their paleobiology. Many of these groups have never been covered in this fashion before.


Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries

Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries

Author: Mario Melletti

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-11-23

Total Pages: 1417

ISBN-13: 1316947173

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Wild pigs inhabit vast areas in Europe, Southern Asia and Africa, and have been introduced in North and South America, while feral pigs are widespread in Australia and New Zealand. Many wild pig species are threatened with extinction, but Eurasian wild boar populations, however, are increasing in many regions. Covering all wild pig and peccary species, the Suidae and Tayassuidae families, this comprehensive review presents new information about the evolution, taxonomy and domestication of wild pigs and peccaries alongside novel case studies on conservation activities and management. One hundred leading experts from twenty five countries synthesise understanding of this group of species; discussing current research, and gaps in the knowledge of researchers, conservation biologists, zoologists, wildlife managers and students. This beautifully illustrated reference includes the long history of interactions between wild pigs and humans, the benefits some species have brought us and their role and impact on natural ecosystems.


The Great American Biotic Interchange

The Great American Biotic Interchange

Author: Alberto Luis Cione

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-04-24

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 9401797927

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South American ecosystems suffered one of the greatest biogeographical events, after the establishment of the Panamian land bridge, called the “Great American Biotic Interchange” (GABI). This refers to the exchange, in several phases, of land mammals between the Americas; this event started during the late Miocene with the appearance of the Holartic Procyonidae (Huayquerian Age) in South America and continues today. The major phases of mammalian dispersal occurred from the Latest Pliocene (Marplatan Age) to the Late Pleistocene (Lujanian Age). The most important and richest localities of Late Miocene-Holocene fossil vertebrates of South America are those of the Pampean region of Argentina. There are also several Late Miocene and Pliocene localities in western Argentina and Bolivia. Other important fossils have been collected in localities of Pleistocene age outside Argentina: Tarija (Bolivia), karstic caves of Lagoa Santa and the recently explored caves of Tocantins (Brasil), Talara (Perú), La Carolina (Ecuador), Muaco (Venezuela), and Cueva del Milodon (Chile), among others. The book discusses basic information for interpreting the GABI such as taxonomic composition (incorporating the latest revisions) at classical and new localities for each stage addressing climate, environments, and time boundaries for each stage. It includes the chronology and dynamics of the GABI, the integration of South American mammalian faunas through time, the Quaternary mammalian extinctions and the composition of recent mammalian fauna of the continent.