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South Asian Mammals : An updated Checklist and Their Scientific Names / by Chelmala Srinivasulu.

By: Srinivasulu, Chelmala [author.].
Contributor(s): Taylor and Francis.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource (374 pages) : 2 illustrations, text file, PDF.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780429466199.Subject(s): Mammals -- South Asia | Mammals -- South Asia -- Nomenclature | NATURE / Animals / General | SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution | Arrangement of Names | Artiodactylya | Codes of Nomenclature | Erinaceopmorpha | Proboscidea | RodentiaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 599.0954 Online resources: Click here to view. Also available in print format.
Contents:
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
Abstract: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and 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

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.

Also available in print format.

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