Horses, tapirs, rhinos and other non -part -bumpy: evolution and diversity. Pavlinov I.

Modern horses, tapirs and rhinos are only a small part of the former variety of the unit is unpaired. Millions of years ago, the Earth was inhabited by rapid hippariones, land supergiants of indricoteria, the only ungulates with claws of halicoteria, heavyweight-brontieria-and about 200 generations of about 20 families. Book of Doct. Biol. sciences, specialist in the systematics and evolution of mammals I. Ya. Pavlinov contains a complete overview of the biological diversity of the detachment - she introduces readers to all the extinct and now living representatives. The author briefly sets out the history of the study of the detachment, leads its phylogenetic classification to the level of the family, talks about the main stages and directions of its evolution. The book discusses the features of each modern kind and type, their geographical distribution and environmental status are indicated. You will learn how the horse was domesticated and how it changed human civilization.

The publication is addressed to zoologists, students of biological faculties and a wide range of curious readers.