. "2012" . . . "Animal ecology" . "Sciences de la vie" . "Mammif\u00E8res -- Asie du Sud -- Inventaires" . "Mammals -- South Asia -- Geographical distribution" . "Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management" . "Mammals -- South Asia" . . "Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography" . "Biodiversity" . . "Text" . "Life sciences" . . . . "Diversit\u00E9 des esp\u00E8ces" . "Wildlife" . . . "\u00C9cologie animale" . "Until now, information on mammals in South Asia has never been brought together on a single platform providing all\u2010inclusive knowledge on the subject.\u00A0 This book is the most up\u2010to\u2010date comprehensive resource on the mammalian diversity of South Asia. It offers information on the diversity, distribution and status of 504 species of terrestrial and aquatic mammals found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This work is unique being the first of its kind that deals with diversity and distribution at the subspecies level. \u00A0 The book is divided in to three chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the subject and takes off from the recent works on mammals at the global level, provides an historical perspective on mammal studies in South Asia and concludes with a note on recent phylogenetic changes at supraordinal levels. Chapter 2 summarizes the information on the diversity of South Asian Mammals, provides analysis by country of mammalian diversity (supported by data in tabular form) dealing with species richness, endemism and possibly occurring species, separate analysis for each country with details on endemic and threatened species, extinct mammals, domestic mammals, and finally the IUCN status of mammals with special emphasis on threatened mammals. Chapter 3 is a comprehensive checklist that provides information on\u00A0each species, including its scientific name, type details, standardized English name, synonyms, subspecies, distribution and comments on taxonomic status.\u00A0 Country\u2010wise listings and analysis of species richness with emphasis on subspecies distribution Most of the analysis is supported by data in tabular forms for better understanding Notes on extinct and domesticated mammals as well as their IUCN Red List Status with criteria for such status A very comprehensive bibliography that would help readers track down specific literature \u00A0 \u00A0" . "South Asian mammals, their diversity, distribution, and status" . "Fish" . "South Asian mammals, their diversity, distribution, and status" . . . "Mammif\u00E8res -- Distribution g\u00E9ographique -- Asie du Sud" . "Life Sciences" . . "Animal Ecology" . .