With great progress in FG coverage for birds over South America, what is the situation for mammals? I know and have the Lynx FG for the "Southern Cone", and a larger book (not a FG) in the series Mammals of the Neotropics. That series also covers the remainder of South America. Then there is a more compact book Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, kind of a FG with plates of variable quality.
But that is it then, unless one gets into photo guides maybe. What seems to be missing completely is a true FG with decent plates and distribution maps. Does anyone know whether such a project is in the works maybe? If Lynx could cover the remainder of the continent in a "Southern Cone" fashion, that would at least be a good start. I find lots of decent approaches for Africa, but South America could still benefit from some books, I think. As bats, "mice" and other small mammals are mostly for specialists, I think a book along the lines of "larger mammals" would find most buyers. Again, is there such a project?
But that is it then, unless one gets into photo guides maybe. What seems to be missing completely is a true FG with decent plates and distribution maps. Does anyone know whether such a project is in the works maybe? If Lynx could cover the remainder of the continent in a "Southern Cone" fashion, that would at least be a good start. I find lots of decent approaches for Africa, but South America could still benefit from some books, I think. As bats, "mice" and other small mammals are mostly for specialists, I think a book along the lines of "larger mammals" would find most buyers. Again, is there such a project?