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The definitive guide to all lagomorphspikas, rabbits, and hares.
Numbering 92 species worldwide, members of the order Lagomorpha are familiar to people throughout the world, and yet their remarkable diversity and ecological importance are often underappreciated. In this book, Andrew T. Smith and his colleagues bring together the worlds lagomorph experts to produce the most comprehensive reference on the order ever published, featuring detailed species accounts, stunning color photos, and up-to-date range maps. Contributors highlight the key ecological roles that lagomorphs play and explain in depth how scientists around the globe are working to save vulnerable populations.
Thematic introductory chapters cover a broad spectrum of information about pikas, rabbits, and hares, from evolution and systematics to diseases and conservation. Each animal account begins with the complete scientific and common names for the species, followed by a detailed description of appearance and unique morphological characteristics, including a range of standard measurements of adult specimens. Subsequent sections discuss known paleontological data concerning the species, the current state of its taxonomy, and geographic variation. Each account also includes dedicated sectioins on habitat and diet, reproduction and development, ecology, behavior, and management.
The definitive work on lagomorphs, this book is an invaluable reference for naturalists, professional biologists, and students. It will also be beneficial for those conducting biodiversity surveys and conservation throughout the world.
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LAGOMORPHS
Pikas, Rabbits, and Hares of the World
EDITED BY
Andrew T. Smith
Charlotte H. Johnston
Paulo C. Alves
Klaus Hacklnder
2018 Johns Hopkins University Press
All rights reserved. Published 2018
Printed in China on acid-free paper
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2715 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Smith, Andrew T., 1946, editor.
Title: Lagomorphs : pikas, rabbits, and hares of the world / edited by Andrew T. Smith, Charlotte H. Johnston, Paulo C. Alves, Klaus Hacklnder.
Description: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017004268| ISBN 9781421423401 (hardcover) | ISBN 1421423405 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781421423418 (electronic) | ISBN 1421423413 (electronic)
Subjects: LCSH: Lagomorpha. | BISAC: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology / General. | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals. | SCIENCE / Reference.
Classification: LCC QL737.L3 L35 2018 | DDC 599.32dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017004268
A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library.
Frontispiece, top to bottom: courtesy Behzad Farahanchi, courtesy David E. Brown, and Alessandro Calabrese.
Special discounts are available for bulk purchases of this book. For more information, please contact Special Sales at 410-516-6936 or .
Johns Hopkins University Press uses environmentally friendly book materials, including recycled text paper that is composed of at least 30 percent post-consumer waste, whenever possible.
The IUCN Species Survival Commission Lagomorph Specialist Group (LSG) and the World Lagomorph Society (WLS) are pleased to present this comprehensive compendium of all the lagomorphs in the world. This work is designed to expand coverage of the worlds lagomorphs and update the 1990 LSG Lagomorph Action Plan (Rabbits, Hares and Pikas: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan, compiled and edited by Joseph A. Chapman and John E. C. Flux). The Action Plan has served as the most thorough single source of information on lagomorphs for biologists, but it was never widely available to the public and it has become outdated. In this book we present updated range maps of all lagomorph species, high-quality images of most species, as well as current information on identification, systematics, ecology, behavior, reproduction, genetics, physiology, and conservation and management of the pikas, rabbits, and hares of the world. The book also summarizes key components of topics of broad interest across all lagomorph species: evolution, systematics, lagomorph diseases, introduced lagomorphs, and conservation and management. Despite several ongoing controversies in lagomorph taxonomy, we have maintained a conservative systematic approach. Nevertheless, we highlight relevant taxonomic issues that require attention.
This work has been a team effort, with 82 specialists contributing to species accounts. We especially thank Rachel Fadlovich for her work on the references, and Aryn Musgrave for constructing all the species range maps. ATS thanks Harriet Smith for her insightful editorial work on his chapters. We are grateful to all the photographers who provided their work for free. We appreciate the meticulous copy editing by Maria E. denBoer. Finally, the collaboration with our editorial team from Johns Hopkins University Press, Vincent Burke, Tiffany Gasbarrini, Debby Bors, and Meagan M. Szekely, is highly appreciated.
Pelayo Acevedo
Instituto de Investigacin en Recursos Cinegticos
Ciudad Real, Spain
Maria Altemus
School of Natural Resources and the Environment
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona, United States
Sergio Ticul lvarez-Castaeda
Centro de Investigaciones Biolgicas del Noroeste
La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Paulo C. Alves
Faculdade de Cincias & CIBIO
Universidade do Porto, Campus de Vairo
Vairo, Vila do Conde, Portugal
Nguyen The Truong An
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Berlin, Germany
Anders Angerbjrn
Department of Zoology
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Asma Awadi
Faculty of Sciences of Tunis
University El Manar
Tunis, Tunisia
Fernando Ballesteros
Sistemas Naturales
c/ Santa Susana 15 3 C
Oviedo, Spain
Ron Barry
P. O. Box 471
Lewiston, Maine, United States
Amando Bautista
Centro Tlaxcala de Biologa de la Conducta
Universidad Autnoma de Tlaxcala
Tlaxcala, Mexico
Penny A. Becker
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Olympia, Washington, United States
Erik A. Beever
U.S. Geological Survey
Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
Bozeman, Montana, United States
Hichem Ben Slimen
High Institute of Biotechnology of Bja
Bja, Tunisia
Joel Berger
Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Leah K. Berkman
Cooperative Wildlife Research Laboratory
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois, United States
Sabuj Bhattacharyya
Molecular Ecology Laboratory
Centre for Ecological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Jorge Bolaos
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
Departamento de Conservacin de la Biodiversidad
San Cristbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Never Bonino
Instituto Nacional de Tecnologica Agropecuaria
Bariloche, Argentina
Christy J. Bragg
Drylands Conservation Programme
The Endangered Wildlife Trust
South Africa
David E. Brown
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, United States
Arturo Carrillo-Reyes
Oikos: Conservacin y Desarrollo Sustentable
San Cristbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
Fernando A. Cervantes
Instituto de Biologa, UNAM
Coleccin Nacional de Mamferos
Distrito Federal, Mexico
Kai Collins
Mammal Research Institute
Department of Zoology & Entomology
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Brian D. Cooke
Institute for Applied Ecology
University of Canberra
Canberra, Australia
Mayra de la Paz
Centro de Investigaciones Biolgicas del Noroeste
La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Miguel Delibes-Mateos
CIBIO, Universidade do Porto
Campus Agrario de Vairo
Vairo, Vila do Conde, Portugal
Robert C. Dowler
Department of Biology, Angelo State University
San Angelo, Texas, United States
Ricardo Farrera-Muro
Instituto Tecnolgico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Campus Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Craig Faulhaber
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Ocala, Florida, United States
John E. C. Flux
23 Hardy Street, Waterloo
Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Johnnie French
Department of Biology
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon, United States
Antonio Garca-Mndez
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur
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