Handbook of Mammalian Body Masses

The body mass of an animal is one of the most basic datum that can be collected, yet it contains a large amount of physiologicl, biological, ecological and evolutionary information.

This reference work summarizes data on more than 2500 species and contains data on nearly 60% of mammalian species.

The data presented in this volume was collected from several sites and is used to illustrate the wide variations in mammalian body mass by geographic region.