Avian Deflighting Techniques
Chapter 65 Avian Deflighting Techniques R. Avery Bennett, Katrin Baumgartner Over the years, various procedures have been developed to prevent flight in birds, either to improve their quality of life…
Suidae and Tayassuidae (Wild Pigs, Peccaries)
Chapter 58 Suidae and Tayassuidae (Wild Pigs, Peccaries) Meg Sutherland-Smith Biology The families Suidae (swine) and Tayassuidae (peccaries) are nonruminating ungulates belonging to the Suina clade or suborder within the…
New World and Old World Monkeys
Chapter 37 New World and Old World Monkeys Paul P. Calle, Janis Ott Joslin The primate order may be broadly divided into prosimians, New World (NW) and Old World (OW)…
Great Apes
Chapter 38 Great Apes Hayley Weston Murphy Biology Great apes are a taxonomic family of primates classified as Hominidae and include seven living species in four genera: chimpanzees and bonobos…
Bovidae (Except Sheep and Goats) and Antilocapridae
Chapter 63 Bovidae (Except Sheep and Goats) and Antilocapridae Barbara A. Wolfe General Biology Formerly classified in the order Artiodactyla, even-toed ungulates have been reclassified, on the basis of recent…
Prosimians
Chapter 36 Prosimians Cathy V. Williams Biology Prosimian primates are composed of lemurs, lorises, pottos, and galagos. The classification of primates remains somewhat controversial, and taxonomic structure continues to be…
Phoenicopteriformes
Chapter 14 Phoenicopteriformes Fabia S. Wyss, Christian J. Wenker Biology Flamingos are popular zoo birds because of their elegance and brilliant coloration. They are closely related to grebes (Podicipediformes)15 and…
Minimally Invasive Surgery Techniques
Chapter 72 Minimally Invasive Surgery Techniques Romain Pizzi Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) techniques such as laparoscopic cholecystectomy and appendectomy are used routinely in human surgery in the developed world and…
