Mammal Fieldguide South America? (1 Viewer)

[Swissboy]

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?

 

[njlarsen]

I don’t know about such a project. What I wanted to add is that I used a “wildlife guide “ for Chile which seemed to have decent coverage of larger mammals. It might be possible to find something similar for other countries?
Niels

 

[Swissboy]

I don’t know about such a project. What I wanted to add is that I used a “wildlife guide “ for Chile which seemed to have decent coverage of larger mammals. It might be possible to find something similar for other countries?
Niels

Thanks, I forgot about that book. I have it too, but in the end, the mammal part is rather limited. Particularly, there are no distribution maps. For a "linear" country like Chile that is maybe not that critical. But for the rest of South America, I think maps would be a prerequisite for a good guide book. Lynx would have those maps already, smallish at times but nevertheless useful.

 

[njlarsen]

Thanks, I forgot about that book. I have it too, but in the end, the mammal part is rather limited. Particularly, there are no distribution maps. For a "linear" country like Chile that is maybe not that critical. But for the rest of South America, I think maps would be a prerequisite for a good guide book. Lynx would have those maps already, smallish at times but nevertheless useful.

The question is: did they make enough money off of the mammal books they have made for it to be a project they will jump into? Maybe contact them with the proposal.
Niels