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About a century back, the first ever all comprehensive appraisal of mammals of the world was brought out by Trouessart (1897–1899, 1904–1905). Since then numerous works have been published both at the global and at the regional levels. Among the former, the most comprehensive and referred works include the “Mammals of the World” by E.P. Walker and his colleagues (first published in 1964, now running sixth edition, see Nowak 1999); “A World List of Mammalian Species” by G.B. Corbet and J.E. Hill (first published in 1980, now running third edition, see Corbet and Hill 1980, 1986, 1991); and the “Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference” first by Honacki and his colleagues (published in 1982; running its third edition by D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder, see Honacki et al. 1982; Wilson and Reeder 1993, 2005). At the regional level, many works have been published and the major ones that concern South Asia include the “Checklist of the Palearctic and Indian Mammals” by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott (published in 1951, see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951) and “Mammals of the Indomalayan Region: A Systematic Review” by G.B. Corbet and J.E. Hill (published in 1992, see Corbett and Hill 1992).
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Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B. (2012). Introduction. In: South Asian Mammals. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3449-8_1
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