A guide to the mammals of China / editors, Andrew T. Smith and Yan Xie ; contributing authors, Robert S. Hoffmann ... [et al.] ; illustrator Federico Gemma ; honorary editor, Wang Sung.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-525) and indexes.

List of species plates -- List of figures -- List of maps -- List of habitat illustrations -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction / Andrew T. Smith and Xie Yan -- China's geography and mammalian biogeography -- History of Chinese mammalogy / Wang Sung -- Mammalian conservation -- China's Protected Area System -- How to use this book -- Acknowledgments -- Taxonomic descriptions. Class Mammalia / Andrew T. Smith. Order Proboscidea / Andrew T. Smith and John MacKinnon (Family Elephantidae) ; Order Sirenia / Andrew T. Smith (Family Dugongidae) ; Order Scandentia / Andrew T. Smith (Family Tupaiidae) ; Order Primates / John MacKinnon (Family Lorisidae ; Family Cercopithecidae, Subfamily Cercopithecinae, Subfamily Colobinae ; Family Hylobatidae) ;

Order Rodentia / Darrin Lunde, Andrew T. Smith and Robert S. Hoffmann (Family Sciuridae / Robert S. Hoffmann and Andrew T. Smith, Subfamily Ratufinae, Subfamily Sciurinae, Subfamily Callosciurinae, Subfamily Xerinae ; Family Gliridae / Andrew T. Smith ; Family Castoridae / Andrew T. Smith ; Family Dipodidae / Andrew T. Smith, Subfamily Allactaginae, Subfamily Cardiocraniinae, Subfamily Dipodinae, Subfamily Euchoreutinae, Subfamily Sicistinae, Subfamily Zapodinae ; Family Platacanthomyidae / Andrew T. Smith ; Family Spalacidae / Andrew T. Smith, Subfamily Myospalacinae, Subfamily Rhizomyinae ; Family Cricetidae / Darrin Lunde and Andrew T. Smith, Subfamily Arvicolinae / Darrin Lunde, Subfamily Cricetinae / Andrew T. Smith and Robert S. Hoffmann ; Family Muridae / Andrew T. Smith and Darrin Lunde, Subfamily Gerbillinae / Andrew T. Smith and Robert S. Hoffmann, Subfamily Murinae / Darrin Lunde ; Family Hystricidae / Andrew T. Smith) ;

Order Lagomorpha / Andrew T. Smith (Family Ochotonidae ; Family Leporidae) ; Order Erinaceomorpha / Robert S. Hoffmann and Darrin Lunde (Family Erinaceidae, Subfamily Erinaceinae, Subfamily Galercinae) ; Order Soricomorpha / Robert S. Hoffmann and Darrin Lunde (Family Soricidae, Subfamily Crocidurinae, Subfamily Soricinae ; Family Talpidae, Subfamily Scalopinae, Subfamily Talpinae, Subfamily Uropsilinae) ; Order Chiroptera / Don E. Wilson (Family Pteropodidae ; Family Rhinolophidae ; Family Hipposideridae ; Family Megadermatidae ; Family Emballonuridae ; Family Molossidae ; Family Vespertilionidae, Subfamily Vespertilioninae, Subfamily Myotinae, Subfamily Miniopterinae, Subfamily Murininae, Subfamily Kerivoulinae) ; Order Pholidota / Andrew T. Smith (Family Manidae) ;

Order Carnivora / W. Chris Wozencraft (Family Felidae, Subfamily Felinae, Subfamily Pantherinae ; Family Viverridae, Subfamily Hemigalinae, Subfamily Paradoxurinae, Subfamily Prionodontinae, Subfamily Viverrinae ; Family Herpestidae ; Family Canidae ; Family Ursidae ; Family Otariidae ; Family Phocidae ; Family Mustelidae, Subfamily Lutrinae, Subfamily Mustelinae ; Family Ailuridae) ; Order Perissodactyla / Andrew T. Smith (Family Equidae) ; Order Artiodactyla / John MacKinnon (Family Suidae ; Family Camelidae ; Family Tragulidae ; Family Moschidae ; Family Cervidae, Subfamily Capreolinae, Subfamily Cervinae, Subfamily Hydropotinae ; Family Bovidae, Subfamily Antilopinae, Subfamily Bovinae, Subfamily Caprinae) ; Order Cetacea / Andrew T. Smith ( Family Delphinidae ; Family Phocoenidae ; Family Iniidae) -- Appendices. 1. Cetaceans found off the coast of China ; 2. Hypothetical mammals ;3. Introduced alien, feral or free-ranging domestic mammals -- Glossary -- References -- Index to scientific names -- Index to common names.

"China's stunning diversity of natural habitats - from parched deserts to lush tropical forests - is home to more than 10 percent of the world's mammal species. A Guide to the Mammals of China is the most comprehensive guide to all 556 species of mammal found in China. It is the only single-volume reference of its kind to fully describe the physical characteristics, geographic distribution, natural history, and conservation status of every species. An up-to-date distribution map accompanies each species account, and color plates illustrate a majority of species. Written by a team of leading specialists, including Professor Wang Sung who provides a history of Chinese mammalogy, A Guide to the Mammals of China is the ideal reference for researchers and a delight for anyone interested in China's rich mammal fauna."--BOOK JACKET.