A Key to the Skulls of North American Mammals is a reference and tool for working in and teaching mammalogy. It provides an up-to-date comprehensive treatment of all mammal genera, both native and introduced, occurring in North America north of Mexico, inclusive of marine mammals found in coastal waters.
The updated 4th edition includes a general reorganization of orders to more accurately represent current associations among higher taxonomic groupings.
INTRODUCTION
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
KEY TO THE ORDERS OF MAMMALS
DIDELPHIMORPHIA
SIRENIA
CINGULATA
PRIMATES
RODENTIA
LAGOMORPHA
SORICOMORPHA
CHIROPTERA
CARNIVORA
PERISSODACTYLA
ARTIODACTYLA
CETACEA
DENTAL FORMULAS OF REPRESENTED GENERA
SELECTED REFERENCES