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.