Evolution of island mammals : adaptation and extinction of placental mammals on islands /

"Evolution on islands differs in a number of important ways from evolution on mainland areas. Over millions of years of isolation, exceptional and sometimes bizarre mammals evolved on islands, such as pig-sized elephants and hippos, giant rats and gorilla-sized lemurs that would have been form...

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Other Authors: Geer, Alexandra van der, 1963-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
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