Rodents include species that have colonized almost every available habitat on earth, and others that have adapted to human beings and followed them as they also spread across the globe. Volume 7 completes the order Rodentiawhich represents arguably the most important order of mammals, both in terms of number of species, and in geographic distributioncovering the families contained in the suborder Myomorpha, including the two largest families, Cricetidae and Muridae.This volume also includes a Special Chapter: Priorities for Conserving the Worlds Rodents by Thomas Lacher Jr., Richard Young, Samuel Turvey, Rosalind Kennerley & Nicolette RoachLagomorphs and Rodents are divided into two volumes, in order to include maximum information and illustrations, as in previous HMW volumes: Volume 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I and Volume 7: Rodents II Usado-NUEVO HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD - VOLUME 7 *
"Libro completísimo en cuanto a contenidos y actualizaciones acerca de los roedores, especialmente el estudio paleontológico y cladistico, aparte los estudios moleculares de los mismos. Completa ilustración con casi todas las especies. "