This indispensable reference work belongs in public and academic libraries throughout the world and on the shelf of every biologist who works with mammals.

"A uniquely valuable compendium of taxonomic and distributional data on the world's living and historically extinct mammalian species." -- Journal of Mammalogy
"A valuable reference work and a vital tool, particularly for researchers." -- Journal of Natural History
"By far the most convenient source for finding the correct scientific name of any mammal and should be on the reference shelf of libraries striving to have useful science sections." -- Science Books and Films
"An outstanding and authoritative work, and it should serve as a standard reference for mammalian species taxonomy for many years to come." -- Journal of Mammalian Evolution