Taxonomy of Australian Mammals

Reviews

"this is a must-have book for systematists interested in the biodiversity of vertebrates of the southern hemisphere."
David A. Morrison, Systematic Biology, Vol 65(2), 2016, pp. 346-348

"The strength and bulk of this volume lies in its research. The research involved is extreme with the detail required imposing. The two main sections, taxonomies and references, required a flawless level of accuracy and consistency in finding their primary sources and collating them in this comprehensive secondary source. It is a first stopping-point on the way to finding the primary sources and as such it is invaluable... I recommend this volume to all those working with aspects of mammalian taxonomy and to university librarians, museums and wildlife management institutions."
Graham R. Fulton, Pacific Conservation Biology, pp 82-83

"It has been nearly 30 years since the last major treatment of the taxonomy of Australian mammals, and much has changed since... Jackson and Groves capture much of this advance, and provide an authoritative and extremely detailed account of the Australian mammal fauna."
John Woinarski, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol 91, June 2016, pp 216-217

"With taxonomy a continually evolving process, Taxonomy of Australian Mammals is a comprehensive reference text that sets out to acknowledge the important and ground-breaking work of its predecessors and the enormous number of taxonomic revisions of specific groups... It is obvious that both authors have painstakingly researched this book, resulting in an excellent reference text that will be very useful for students, scientists and wildlife managers - all those involved in the research and study of our mammalian wildlife and its classification."
P Tucak, Australian Veterinary Journal, Vol 94(6), June 2016, pp 212

Features

• Includes all ranks of Australian mammals and includes the synonyms for each rank
• Easy reference to all species, subspecies and synonyms of all Australian mammals both native and introduced
• Complete bibliography to promote further reading and research
• Large list of definitions of terms used in the text
• Highlights areas where future taxonomic research is needed

There are some minor errors on pages 22, 26, 123, 124, 126 and 239 that should be replaced with these entries.

Contents

Authors

Colin Groves is Professor of Biological Anthropology at the Australian National University. He works primarily on mammalian taxonomy and phylogeny, mainly on ungulates, primates and carnivores, and has also published occasional papers on monotremes, marsupials and rodents.