This volume is intended not only to review much of the research that has been done on South American mammals, but to stimulate future research on the continent.

The vast terrain between Panama and Tierra del Fuego contains some of the worlds richest mammalian fauna, but until now it has lacked a comprehensive systematic

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The second installment in a planned three-volume series, this book provides the first substantive review of South American rodents published in over fifty years