Abstract
Zhigang, J., M. Yong, W. Yi, W. Yingxiang, Z. Kaiya, L. Shaoying, and F. Zuojian (eds.). 2015. China’s Mammal Diversity and Geographic Distribution. Science Press, Beijing, China, 402 pp. ISBN: 978-7-03-044620-6, price (paper), $40 (available from China Scientific Book Services, Beijing, China). When Glover Allen (Allen 1938–1940) published his 2-volume treatise on the mammals of China and Mongolia, it would be another 70 years before major works (Smith and Xie 2008, 2013) would provide a comprehensive coverage of this vast geographic region of mammalian fauna. Beginning in 1984, my first of many ventures into China required thorough reading of Allen’s publication, at which time the 314 mammalian species accounts were nearly 50 years old. Fortunately, today we have not only the … e-mail: acleve2000{at}aol.com.
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