Handbook of the Mammals of the World
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I would use a different wordjbnbsn99 said:
just bringing this back to the attention of those interested, the Birdforum thread above has been added to significantly since I posted, with lots more of Groves' species lists (eleven species of klipspringers....seven species of chamois.....)
KCZooFan
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Just read this...dammit...its like everything I've learned has been changed
I have today received the leaflet announcing Volume 3 - Primates - is to be published in December 2012 . It promises description of more than 470 species .
The leaflet shows Plate 37 - baboons . I was not aware that there are 2 sub-species of Gelada - ssp gelada with a gold-coloured mane and ssp obscurus with a dark mane in the males .
I am really excited about publication of this book .
The leaflet shows Plate 37 - baboons . I was not aware that there are 2 sub-species of Gelada - ssp gelada with a gold-coloured mane and ssp obscurus with a dark mane in the males .
I am really excited about publication of this book .
Shame about the price tag 
which rules any of these books out for me.
which rules any of these books out for me.
That's pretty fast
I am a bit disappointing when looking the the plates:
Family Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys) | Lynx Edicions
They are from another artist and I like them much less than the plates made by Toni Llobet, who did the first 2 volumes....
I am a bit disappointing when looking the the plates:
Family Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys) | Lynx Edicions
They are from another artist and I like them much less than the plates made by Toni Llobet, who did the first 2 volumes....
Shame about the price tag
I agree, the price tag is enough to put a lot of people off what I can only imagine is a fascinating book. It's approximately a fifth of my wage - absolutely not practical for a lot of people
I agree, the price tag is enough to put a lot of people off what I can only imagine is a fascinating book. It's approximately a fifth of my wage - absolutely not practical for a lot of people
Which makes it all the more infuriating that Chester Zoo library gets copies of the series, but is inaccessible for the indefinite future; I'd happily visit Chester for a purely library-based visit if I could!
jbnbsn99
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That's pretty fast
I am a bit disappointing when looking the the plates:
Family Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys) | Lynx Edicions
They are from another artist and I like them much less than the plates made by Toni Llobet, who did the first 2 volumes....
I totally agree. The Gorilla plates look like childish cartoons.
wow those plates are not good! I liked the douroucoulis, but the other three samples are rubbish (I know that's harsh, but as jbnbsn99 says the gorillas look like a child illustrated them!). Certainly not up the standard one would expect from this series. See here for the sample plates: Plates | Lynx Edicions
The artist is Stephen Nash who is actually a specialist primate illustrator, and even has a monkey named after him!
Stephen D. Nash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The artist is Stephen Nash who is actually a specialist primate illustrator, and even has a monkey named after him!
Stephen D. Nash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
zooboy28
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My birthday present just arrived (only two weeks late)!
I got volumes 1 and 2, and very fine books they are too! I wasn't expecting them to be quite as big and detailed as they are, I thought they might have been a bit more technical (glad they aren't). I have so far just been flicking through them, repeatedly, and reading whatever catches my eye, but I will get down to reading them properly (especially volume 2) shortly.
Have popped #3 on the Christmas list!
I got volumes 1 and 2, and very fine books they are too! I wasn't expecting them to be quite as big and detailed as they are, I thought they might have been a bit more technical (glad they aren't). I have so far just been flicking through them, repeatedly, and reading whatever catches my eye, but I will get down to reading them properly (especially volume 2) shortly.
Have popped #3 on the Christmas list!
Walkers is Black and White photographs, many of them old photos, or of museum specimens or captive individuals.dean said:
HMW uses colour plates to illustrate the individual species and subspecies, and has chapters on families, behaviours etc, which is lavishly illustrated with some of the best wildlife photography you will see anywhere. There is much more text than Walker's too.
Walker's has been pretty much the standard mammalian reference work for all mammals, but HMW is going to surpass it.
Hix