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Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide Paperback – September 2, 1997

by Louise H. Emmons (Author), FranCois Feer (Author)
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Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, the first color-illustrated field guide to these marvelously diverse and elusive creatures, has enjoyed tremendous success since its initial publication in 1990. Ecotourists and field researchers alike have applauded this guide's compact size, light weight, and durability. More important, they have appreciated its clear and concise accounts of the mammals of this broad region. Each species account includes information on identifying characteristics, similar species, vocalizations, behavior and natural history, geographic range, conservation status, local names, and references to the scientific literature.

In this completely revised and updated second edition:

A total of 226 species are treated in full (206 were included in the first edition).

All species accounts retained from the first edition have been updated to include the most recent research.

All 195 maps showing the distribution and geographic range of each species have been revised to reflect the most current information.

Twenty-nine beautiful color plates illustrate more than 220 species (including significant color variants between males and females or adults and young). Seven black-and-white plates contain more than 60 images of individual species, mainly bats.

A compact disc of mammal vocalizations—crucial to identifying nocturnal and otherwise cryptic animals that sometimes may be heard rather than seen—will be available for purchase separately.

Praise for the first edition:

"If you can't go to the Central and South American rain forests to see firsthand their threatened ecosystems, here is the next best thing."—Washington Post Book World

"A large amount of information is presented concisely and in a way that is easy to use."—Choice

"The presentation and wealth of information contained in this field guide is outstanding and will satisfy the needs of both the 'tourist' and 'researcher' traveling to the Neotropics."—Canadian Field-Naturalist
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    September 2, 1997
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  6. ISBN-10
    0226207218
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    978-0226207216
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Chicago Press; Second edition (September 2, 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 396 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0226207218
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0226207216
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.08 x 6.04 x 0.69 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Gerald Urquhart
5.0 out of 5 stars An Unbeatable Field and Reference Guide - Indispensable for Tropical Naturalists
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2015
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Absolutely the best. It is the only single-volume guide that covers both Central and South American forests. The descriptions are very good and the natural history is good. I am a tropical ecologist and have owned about ten copies of this over the years, but always end up having to give them to my Latin American colleagues because they love them so much. So, I'm back ordering another one. It is truly a wonderful book and THE STANDARD for field guides to mammals in a VERY diverse world.
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Xime
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2012
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This is a really good book. I used it every time. Works very good for Colombian mammals. The pictures are not photographs, are drawings, could be better
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Beatrix
4.0 out of 5 stars Neotropical Mammals
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2012
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A very good book for students and researchers. A good field guide as it says. Interesting because there are local names of all animals and a very good color illustration of every single animal. There is no way of getting confused when you have the information on 30 different monkeys because you have their illustration as well.
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BIOWEB
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2016
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Thank you
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Jack Long
3.0 out of 5 stars Best Available for the Amazon?
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2013
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Very good except for the maps. Will suffice until a better book is produced with greater detail of this immense part of the world with it countless species and subspecies.
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Nadine
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2015
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it was as requested
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The Other J. Hargrove
2.0 out of 5 stars A Good, Bad, and Ugly Field Guide
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2006
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The Good:
This is the most comprehensive guide to rainforest mammals that I have found. The text covers just about everything you could ask for, even giving dentation patterns for the various families in case you stumble onto a skull in your wanderings.
The Bad:
Unfortunately, probably to save money, this guide uses the technique of placing all the pictures together, separated from the text. I much prefer the more expensive technique of putting the text on a page facing the pictures. Here, though, the guide falls down by failing to put cross-references on the page facing the pictures, necessitating a flip back to the index in most cases to locate the text.
The Ugly:
Whoever was responsible for quality control for this book should find another job. I was ready to return the book as defective when I noticed an "errata sheet" that explained that the page with the text corresponding to plate 1 was actually located following page 193. This is much too serious an error to occur in a published guide.
The bottom Line:
The best thing to say about this field guide is that it is disappointing. If you are planning a trip to the rainforest in the near future, and you are interested in mammals, then buy the guide despite its shortcomings. Otherwise, wait for a revision.
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Martin Pruimers
5.0 out of 5 stars You can't go without it.
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2002
This book, referred to by many other authors, is THE guide for this group of Mammals. I found it indispensible for use in the rainforest, even if most mammals are very hard to see. The perfect illustrations, combined with the thorough descriptions and clear distribution maps, make it easy to determine what kind of animal you've seen. Very helpful to understand the local guides are the translations of the names in many tongues.
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Rachel
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2019
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A good comprehensive guide to Neotropical mammals. I had a copy before but it has fallen apart from so much use, so another one was needed.
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Herve Durand
5.0 out of 5 stars COMPLET !
Reviewed in France on April 27, 2012
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A recommander à ceux que cela peut intéresser
gravures bien réalistes textes concis // livre utilisable "sur le terrain" car pas trop gros ni trop lourd
ATTENTION ! Texte en anglais!
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Faerycat
5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable reference
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2014
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Very informative - I read it cover to cover while doing field work in Honduras. Great reference, but also very readable from start to finish.
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GuillaumeGuiome
4.0 out of 5 stars Pour les spécialistes
Reviewed in France on October 25, 2012
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Pas de doute, ce bouquin n'est pas fait pour les amateurs ni pour aller se promener en forêt avec ! Les illustrations ne sont pas aussi parfaites que pour les livres d'identification des oiseaux, mais elles seront bien utiles au demeurant à toute personne intéressée. C'est quand même le seul bouquin sérieux sur le sujet !
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