title: Mammals of Europe (Princeton Field Guides)
author: David W. Macdonald
description: "A fine book. The illustrations are superb! The text is also a cause for enthusiasm, being much longer and richer than in most field guides, clearly written, and up to date."<b>Robert S. Hoffmann, Smithsonian Institution</b>
zlib_text: Handbook of the Mammals of Europe
  Series Editors : Klaus Hackländer · Frank E. Zachos
  Mammals of Europe -
  Past, Present, and 
  Future 
  Klaus Hackländer · Frank E. Zachos 
  Editors
  
  Handbook of the Mammals of Europe
  Series Editors
  Klaus Hackländer
  Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research
  Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management
  University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
  Vienna, Austria
  Frank E. Zachos
  Mammal Collection
  Natural History Museum Vienna
  Vienna, Austria
  Department of Evolutionary Biology
  University of Vienna
  Vienna, Austria
  Department of Genetics
  University of the Free State
  Bloemfontein, South Africa
  
  This handbook offers a unique collection of information on all wild mammal
  species living in Europe and will serve as a standard reference guide for all
  mammalogists and readers interested in research on mammals. The introduc-
  tory volume provides an overview of mammalian phylogeny, the history and
  current status of European mamma