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Dave Boyle · May 22, 2019

andyadcock said:
Why did they become extinct Dave?

At the time people weren't too sure - the timing apparently didn't really fit the arrival of the ants but nobody had a better theory. The bats were still common until mid-80's then just vanished.

The Shrew is even more fascinating - it was thought to be extinct by the start of the 20th Century then storms in the mid 80's brought down some of the huge trees Abbott's Boobies breed in & two had shrews in them - so then people started looking high in the trees and none have ever been found since!

Andy Adcock · May 22, 2019

Dave Boyle said:
At the time people weren't too sure - the timing apparently didn't really fit the arrival of the ants but nobody had a better theory. The bats were still common until mid-80's then just vanished.

The Shrew is even more fascinating - it was thought to be extinct by the start of the 20th Century then storms in the mid 80's brought down some of the huge trees Abbott's Boobies breed in & two had shrews in them - so then people started looking high in the trees and none have ever been found since!

Fascinating, shouldn't they have been classsified as Tree Shrews?

KevinWells · May 23, 2019

andyadcock said:
Fascinating, shouldn't they have been classsified as Tree Shrews?

Come on Andy, time to apologise.
( I did chuckle though.)

Andy Adcock · May 23, 2019

KevinWells said:
Come on Andy, time to apologise.
( I did chuckle though.)

On second read through, were the Shrews in the tees or the Boobies?

KevinWells · Aug 17, 2019

Release date has now been pushed out by a month to mid October.

Andy Adcock · Aug 18, 2019

KevinWells said:
Release date has now been pushed out by a month to mid October.

Bum, I've made a gap in my shelf, waiting for it and my OCD hates to look at that gap! :-O

Melanie · Oct 3, 2019

There are around two weeks until the publishing of HMW 9. I am curious how long we have to wait until a special volume. I am also curious who will get his/her copy first. I hope my copy will arive before my birthday on 25 November otherwise I have to declare it as christmas present for myself.

Murray Lord · Oct 3, 2019

I saw an interview where they confirmed they are planning an Illustrated Checklist style work on mammals next.

KevinWells · Oct 4, 2019

An illustrated Checklist type book would complete the series nicely. And as Melanie has suggested previously it could include newly discovered species and amendments to species already covered

KevinWells · Oct 13, 2019

The Lynx website shows that the Handbook of the Mammals of the World will consist of 10 products, so an extra volume is to be produced. No indication is given of what form this volume will take.
However on rereading it may be that the tenth product is the 9 volumes already published at a reduced price for the lot.

KevinWells · Oct 17, 2019

Lynx now advising that volume 9 has been published.

Melanie · Oct 17, 2019

KevinWells said:
Lynx now advising that volume 9 has been published.

Great to hear. There were three new descriptions of bats in October 2019 that are not included in HMW 9 (Parahypsugo happoldorum, Rhogeessa permutandis and Myotis bakeri). The book has 1008 pages which is a large as HMW 7.

Melanie · Oct 17, 2019

Lynx edicions has published a free PDF list that include all generic names from all nine volumes:

The code is HMWSET and don't forget your email address and your name before you download this list

https://www.lynxeds.info/sites/default/files/pdfs/Lynx Edicions_Families HMW Volumes.pdf

Melanie · Oct 17, 2019

Thanks to the PDF I did some mathematics today. There are 6,235 mammal species in the complete HMW series (vs. 5,416 in MSW3 (2005))

KevinWells · Oct 18, 2019

I am beginning to think that the PDF file may mean that no volume 10 is being considered.
I hope that I am wrong.

Andy Adcock · Oct 18, 2019

KevinWells said:
I am beginning to think that the PDF file may mean that no volume 10 is being considered.
I hope that I am wrong.

This code and pdf list relative to the book, was also supplied with all purchases of the new Lynx country, bird guides.

KevinWells · Oct 24, 2019

Apparently the references and index for volume 9 are included on a CD-ROM to keep the page numbers down.

lincsbirder · Oct 25, 2019

Yep they are on a CD. Mine arrived yesterday 24th

Melanie · Oct 25, 2019

lincsbirder said:
Yep they are on a CD. Mine arrived yesterday 24th

Congratulations, you are the first. How many photographes are include in this book? And what about the Christmas Island pipistrelle? Does it have an entry?

Swissboy · Oct 26, 2019

KevinWells said:
Apparently the references and index for volume 9 are included on a CD-ROM to keep the page numbers down.

So each time I want to look up some particular species in that volume, I need to turn on my computer? What a silly set-up. It's OK for the references, but definitely not acceptable for the index. Good thing it is the last volume, I'm afraid. Wonder how they are going to handle this for the apparently planned "Illustrated Checklist". Without an index, it would be just as well to not publish a book in the first place.

And what about changing technologies that will make read-outs of CD-ROMs impossible at some point in the not so distant future?

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