This book is an up-to-date comprehensive resource on the names (scientific, English and vernacular) of the mammals of South Asia. This work is first of its kind that deals with explanation of names of mammals at the species and subspecies level.
This book is an up-to-date comprehensive resource on the names (scientific, English and vernacular) of the mammals of South Asia. This work is first of its kind that deals with explanation of names of mammals at the species and subspecies level.
Dr. C. Srinivasulu, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, Osmania University, heads the Wildlife Biology and Taxonomy Lab and is the curator of the Natural History Museum of Department of Zoology, Osmania University. He is a naturalist and a trained tetrapod biologist and taxonomist. He graduated from Osmania University, Hyderabad and conducted behavioral studies on captive and semi-captive cervids and their management and conservation perspectives for his doctoral research which he funded through his CSIR Junior and Senior Research Fellowships (JRF and SRF). During his many surveys throughout his doctoral programme he kept observations on bats and found only a handful bat biologist and that was when he decided to study bats and their taxonomy, which he did by procuring a CSIR Research Associate for studying the Fruit Bat ecology and taxonomy. After completion of his RA-ship he was appointed Scientist C in the Biodiversity Parks project at the Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (CEMDE), Delhi University, and during his tenure here he worked on the bats of Delhi, Bangladesh and Rajasthan and contributed to a chapter on the Chiropteran fauna of Rajasthan in 'Faunal Heritage of Rajasthan', a book published by Springer, USA (in 2013). He became an Assistant Professor in Zoology at the Department of Zoology, Osmania University in the year 2007, Director, Gardens and Green Belt in 2010 and presently he holds the position of the Coordinator IQAC and Nodal Officer, Statistical Cell, Osmania University.
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Contents Preface.......................................................................................................................ix Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................xi About the Book ...................................................................................................... xiii Author ......................................................................................................................xv List of Abbreviations and Symbols ........................................................................xvii Chapter 1 South Asian Mammals: An Updated Checklist ...................................1 Checklist of Mammals of South Asia ..................................................1 Chapter 2 Understanding Scientific Names ........................................................ 33 Parts of Scientific Names ................................................................... 33 Codes of Nomenclature ......................................................................34 Principle of Binomial Nomenclature .............................................36 Principle of Typification ................................................................ 37 Principle of Priority .......................................................................37 Principle of Homonymy ................................................................38 Criteria of Availability .......................................................................38 Synonyms ...........................................................................................38 Types .................................................................................................. 39 Formation of Zoological Names ........................................................40 Analysis of Names .............................................................................. 41 Chapter 3 Generic and Specific Names Explained .............................................49 Chapter 4 Dictionary of South Asian Mammalian Names ................................225 Appendix I: List of Languages Used in Autochthonous and Vernacular Names ................................................................................................289 Bibliography .........................................................................................................295 Index ...................................................................................................................... 323
Foreword.- Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Part 1 Introduction.- Chapter 1.- Background.- Chapter 2. Mammological Studies in South Asia.- Chapter 3. Recent phylogenetic changes.- Part 2. South Asian Mammals.- Chapter 4. Analysis.- Chapter 5. Extinct Mammals of South Asia.- Chapter 6. Domestic Mammals of South Asia. Chapter 7. Status of Mammals of South Asia.- Part 3 Checklist of South Asian Mammals.- Chapter 9. Arrangement of Checklist.- CHapter 10. Order Proboscidea.- Chapter 11. Order Sirenia.- Chapter 12. Order Scandentia.- Chapter 13. Order Primates. - Chapter 14. Order Rodentia.- Chapter 15. Order Lagomorpha.- Chapter 16. Order Erinaceomorpha.- Chapter 17. Order Soricomorpha.- Chapter 18. Order Chiroptera.- Chapter 19. Order Pholidota.- Chapter 20. Order Carnivora.- Chapter 21. Order Perissodactyla.- Chapter 22. Order Artiodactyla.- Chapter 23.- Order Cetacea.- References.- Appendices.- A. List of Mammals of Afghanistan.- B. List of Mammals of Bangladesh.- C. List of Mammals of Bhutan.-D. List of Mammals of India.- E. List of Mammals of Maldives.- F. List of Mammals of Nepal.- G. List of Mammals of Sri Lanka.- H. Red List status of Mammals of South Asia.- Index.
Contents Preface.......................................................................................................................ix Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................xi About the Book ...................................................................................................... xiii Author ......................................................................................................................xv List of Abbreviations and Symbols ........................................................................xvii Chapter 1 South Asian Mammals: An Updated Checklist ...................................1 Checklist of Mammals of South Asia ..................................................1 Chapter 2 Understanding Scientific Names ........................................................ 33 Parts of Scientific Names ................................................................... 33 Codes of Nomenclature ......................................................................34 Principle of Binomial Nomenclature .............................................36 Principle of Typification ................................................................ 37 Principle of Priority .......................................................................37 Principle of Homonymy ................................................................38 Criteria of Availability .......................................................................38 Synonyms ...........................................................................................38 Types .................................................................................................. 39 Formation of Zoological Names ........................................................40 Analysis of Names .............................................................................. 41 Chapter 3 Generic and Specific Names Explained .............................................49 Chapter 4 Dictionary of South Asian Mammalian Names ................................225 Appendix I: List of Languages Used in Autochthonous and Vernacular Names ................................................................................................289 Bibliography .........................................................................................................295 Index ...................................................................................................................... 323
Foreword.- Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Part 1 Introduction.- Chapter 1.- Background.- Chapter 2. Mammological Studies in South Asia.- Chapter 3. Recent phylogenetic changes.- Part 2. South Asian Mammals.- Chapter 4. Analysis.- Chapter 5. Extinct Mammals of South Asia.- Chapter 6. Domestic Mammals of South Asia. Chapter 7. Status of Mammals of South Asia.- Part 3 Checklist of South Asian Mammals.- Chapter 9. Arrangement of Checklist.- CHapter 10. Order Proboscidea.- Chapter 11. Order Sirenia.- Chapter 12. Order Scandentia.- Chapter 13. Order Primates. - Chapter 14. Order Rodentia.- Chapter 15. Order Lagomorpha.- Chapter 16. Order Erinaceomorpha.- Chapter 17. Order Soricomorpha.- Chapter 18. Order Chiroptera.- Chapter 19. Order Pholidota.- Chapter 20. Order Carnivora.- Chapter 21. Order Perissodactyla.- Chapter 22. Order Artiodactyla.- Chapter 23.- Order Cetacea.- References.- Appendices.- A. List of Mammals of Afghanistan.- B. List of Mammals of Bangladesh.- C. List of Mammals of Bhutan.-D. List of Mammals of India.- E. List of Mammals of Maldives.- F. List of Mammals of Nepal.- G. List of Mammals of Sri Lanka.- H. Red List status of Mammals of South Asia.- Index.
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From the reviews:
"Chelmala Srinivasulu and Bhargavi Srinivasulu (both, Osmania Univ., India) focus on extant and recently extinct mammals from this region. The volume is dominated by the nearly 300-page checklist of 506 species ... . Each species entry includes the original reference, type locality, synonyms, subspecies, distribution, and comments. ... Summing Up: Recommended. ... Graduate students through professionals interested in South Asian mammals." (E. J. Sargis, Choice, Vol. 50 (3), November, 2012)
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