Solenodon Paradoxus. E-book. Formato PDF Glover Morrill Allen   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The brief history of this species is now well known. It was originally described in 1833 by J. F. Brandt from a skin and an imperfect skull, in the St. Petersburg Academy, from Haiti. This specimen was subsequently studied by Peters in connection with the Cuban species, described by him in 1864. Leche states that he too, made use of this skull and other fragments of the skeleton, when in 1907 he published his extensive paper on the teeth of the Insectivora. The exact nature of the other fragments is not stated but from the text it appears that a pelvis with the sacral vertebrae labeled as of this species, was among the material studied. These bones were figured by Leche who called attention to the remarkable characters shown by them in comparison with those of other Insectivora. There can be no doubt, as will be Shown later, that the pelvic and sacral bones figured are not those of Solenodon. Through the labors of Peters and Dobson, the anatomy of Solenodon cubanus was fairly Well known more than twenty years ago, but no additional specimens of S.

The Mammals of China and Mongolia. E-book. Formato PDF Glover M. Allen   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The Mammals of China and Mongolia by Grover M. Allen, Ph.D. is one thick book at 667 pages but is merely the first part of 2 volumes. This apparently is due to the fact that the subject matter covers a wide range of fauna found in a vast geographical area - information that cannot be contained in a single publication alone.Aside from the voluminous number of pages, the text it contains is quite small, at least smaller than those used in literary novels. With that being said, one could imagine the large amount of information squeezed into this authoritative and scientific work. As such, this is one rich reference material for museum curators, collectors of mammals from the Asian region, zoologists, naturalists, and students studying fauna from the said area.Dr. Allen examines the subject with an exacting eye, providing many specific details and facts relating to the topic at hand. He also provides a number of photographs of the locations and animals he speaks of, as well as maps and measurement tables. Despite the smallness of the print, the text is easy to view and read because it is grouped into paragraphs of decent lengths. The author also employed headings and subheadings in differentiating information regarding a specific animal.This is an exhaustive book that encompasses mammals from various orders, such as insectivores, bats, lemurs and monkeys, carnivores (including pandas), seals and sea lions, whales, dolphins, and porpoises, pangolins, and gnawing mammals. Although Dr. Allen's research was published in 1938, it remains an essential scientific reference.