Category Archives: Mammals

The Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World treats and illustrates ALL of the mammals of the world and offers their most recent taxonomic classification, updating everything from orders and families to species and subspecies. We asked Editor Connor J. Burgin about the massive work behind the scenes of this two-volume publication, the major […]

Miquel Llorente is the author of Primates, Biología, comportamiento y evolución, a monograph specially recommended for those seeking a first contact with primatology in a single volume, including photographs, illustrations and diagrams to enhance the understanding of the text. In this interview, published in Spanish, Miquel walks us through his studies, his contributions and finally […]

Glenn Hoye is the photographer with the most images published in the recently released Volume 9, Bats, of the Handbook of the Mammals of the World. He is an ecological consultant who has been running his own company, Fly By Night Bat Surveys, since 1992, working in the environmental field as a bat expert. He’s […]

Don E. Wilson is a Chief Editor of the nine volumes of our now-completed Handbook of the Mammals of the World series. He was a good choice for the role, given his long career in the field and his collaboration as author and editor in important works in mammalogy, including the landmark Mammal Species of […]

With the publication of Volume 9, the Handbook of the Mammals of the World series will be completed. So now is a good time to step back and reflect on the huge efforts behind this monumental work… One member of the HMW team recently did just that and has shared it with us. Nick Langley […]

Ilian Velikov is a wildlife artist and the main illustrator of the forthcoming volume of the Handbook of the Mammals of the World series, Volume 9: Bats. Is his current assignment driving him batty? Here is what he had to tell us… When and how did you begin illustrating animals? How did you get hooked? […]