Taxonomy of Australian Mammals

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Taxonomy of Australian Mammals utilisesthe latest morphometric and geneticresearch to develop the most up to date andcomprehensive revision of the taxonomy ofAustralian mammals undertaken to date. Itproposes significant changes to the higherranks of a number of groups and recognisesseveral genera and species that have onlyvery recently been identified as distinct.This easy to use reference also includes acomplete listing of all species, subspecies andsynonyms for all of Australia's mammals, bothnative and introduced as well as terrestrialand marine.This book lays a foundation for futuretaxonomic work and identifies areas wheretaxonomic studies should be targeted, notonly at the species and subspecies level butalso broader phylogenetic relationships.

Author Bio

Stephen Jackson is an adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales. He has studied different aspects of Australian mammals over the last 20 years from which he has published numerous refereed papers and book chapters. This is his sixth book.

Colin Groves is Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University. He works primarily on mammalian taxonomy and phylogeny, mainly on ungulates, primates and carnivores, and has also published occasional papers on monotremes, marsupials and rodents.