Journal of Animal Diversity
مجله تنوع جانوری
JAD
Basic Sciences
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The Atlas of Mammals of Iran. Mahmoud Karami, Taher Ghadirian and Kaveh Faizolahi. 2016. Iran Department of the Environment, Tehran. 292 pp.
Species Diversity
نقد کتاب
Book Review
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Iran is a country with a very rich mammal fauna, including such iconic species as the Asiatic cheetah<em> Acinonyx jubatus</em> (Griffith), the Persian leopard <em>Panthera pardus saxicolor</em> Pocock, the Mesopotamian fallow deer <em>Dama mesopotamica</em> (Brooke), and the Asiatic wild ass <em>Equus hemionus</em> Pallas. There are no less than eight species of cat (Felidae) living in Iran today, and until recently there were even two more (the Caspian tiger <em>Panthera tigris virgata</em> (Illiger) and the Asiatic lion <em>Panthera leo persica</em> (Meyer)). For comparison, the whole European continent harbours a mere three felids. A recent atlas now adds to our knowledge on this spectacular mammalian line-up and its dissemination. The book, also available as a pdf, by Karami, Ghadirian and Faizolahi lists 183 terrestrial and 16 aquatic species of mammals (including the Caspian tiger and Asiatic lion), from the dugong and the Caspian seal Pusa caspica (Gmelin) to whales and dolphins, bats (Chiroptera) and rodents (Rodentia), from Perissodactyla to Lagomorpha and from Carnivora to Chiroptera ...</span></span></div>
Mammals, Rodentia, species, Dama mesopotamica, Taxonomy, Iran
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