Dogs : their fossil relatives and evolutionary history /
Xiaoming Wang, Richard H. Tedford ; illustrations by Mauricio Antòn.
- New York : Columbia University Press, c2008.
- viii, 219 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-207) and index.
Methods of study and the place of dogs in nature -- The origin of canids and other doglike carnivorous mammals -- Diversity: who is who in the dog family -- Anatomy and function: how the parts work -- Hunting and social activity -- Changing environments and canid evolution -- Going places: braving new worlds -- Domestic dogs.
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