Mammalogy is the study of mammals from the diverse biological viewpoints
of structure, function, evolutionary history, behaviour, ecology, classification,
and disease. Thoroughly updated this Sixth Edition explains and clarifies the
subject as a unified whole. It begins by defining mammals and summarising
their origins. It progresses to discuss the orders and families of mammals
with comprehensive coverage on fossil history, distribution, morphological
characteristics and basic behaviour. The text then examines mammalian
echolocation, physiology, behaviour, ecology, and zoogeography and
concludes with two additional chapters that cover mammalian domestication
and mammalian disease and zoonoses.

Ch 1 Introduction, Ch 2 Mammalian Origins, Ch 3 Mammalian Characteristics, Ch 4 Classification of
Mammals, Ch 5 Monotremata, Ch 6 Metatheria, Ch 7 Introduction to Eutherian Mammals,
Ch 8 Afrosoricidea, Macroscelidea, and Tublidentata, Ch 9 Paenungulata, Ch 10 Cingulata, Pilosa, and
Pholidota, Ch 11 Dermoptera and Scandentia, Ch 12 Primates, Ch 13 Rodentia and Lagomorpha,
Ch 14 Erinaceomorpha and Soricomorpha, Ch 15 Chiroptera, Ch 16 Carnivora, Ch 17 Perissodactyla,
Ch 18 Artiodactyla, Ch 19 Cetacea, Ch 20 Reproduction, Ch 21 Aspects of Physiology, Ch 22 Echolocation,
Ch 23 Ecology, Ch 24 Behaviour, Ch 25 Zoogeography, Ch 26 Mammalian Conservation Ethics,
Ch 27 Mammalian Domestication, Ch 28 Mammalian Disease and Zoonoses.