Dogs
Subtitle: their fossil relatives and evolutionary history
By: Xiaoming Wang and Richard H. Tedford ; illustrations by Mauricio Anton.
Contributors: Tedford, Richard H.; Antón, Mauricio.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780231135283; 9780231509435
Subjects: Dogs; Canis, Fossil; Dogs -- Evolution
Description: "Xiaoming Wang has spent the past 20 years studying the evolutionary history of the family Canidae, and Richard H. Tedford is well known for having established the modern framework for the evolutionary relationship of canids. Combining their research with Mauricio Anton's impeccable reconstructions of both extinct and extant species, Wang and Tedford present a remarkably detailed and nuanced portrait of the origin and evolution of canids over the past 40 million years. The authors cull their history from the most recent scientific research conducted in the vast collections of the American Museum of Natural History and other leading institutions."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dogs: methods of study and the place of dogs in nature; title: The origin of canids and other doglike carnivorous mammals; title: Diversity: who is who in the dog family; title: Anatomy and function: how the parts work; title: Hunting and social activity; title: Changing environments and canid evolution; title: Going places: braving new worlds; title: Domestic dogs.