Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals

by Robert M. Schoch and Donald R. Prothero

Since the extinction of the dinosaurs, hoofed mammals have been the planet's dominant herbivores. Native to all continents except Australia and Antarctica, they include not only even-toed artiodactyls (pigs, hippos, camels, deer, antelopes, giraffes, sheep, goats, and cattle) and odd-toed perissodactyls (horses and rhinos), but also tethytheres (elephants and their aquatic relatives, manatees and seas cows) and cetaceans (whales and dolphins),...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801871352
• ISBN13: 9780801871351
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.8" x 11.9"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher