Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Dogs: Methods of Study and the Place of Dogs in Nature 2. The Origin of Canids and Other Doglike Carnivorous Mammals 3. Diversity: Who Is Who in the Dog Family 4. Anatomy and Function: How the Parts Work 5. Hunting and Social Activity 6. Changing Environments and Canid Evolution 7. Going Places: Braving New Worlds 8. Domestic Dogs Appendix: Canid Species and Classification Glossary Further Reading Index

Promotional Information

" Dogs: Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History is an extremely valuable and interesting book with text and illustrations by the best in the business. The volume is an original contribution to the field, bringing together all known information about canid evolution into one readily accessible text." -- Lars Werdelin, Swedish Museum of Natural History "A beautifully illustrated guide to the wonderful world of canids, past and present. Man's best friend finally gets his full history told." -- Blaire Van Valkenburgh, University of California, Los Angeles

About the Author

Xiaoming Wang is a curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and has been studying the evolutionary history of the family Canidae for the past 20 years. In collaboration with Richard H. Tedford, he has published three volumes on the fossil canids of North America. Richard H. Tedford is curator emeritus in the Department of Vertebrate Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History. Mauricio Anton is a paleontological artist based at the National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid. Among his books are Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe, with Jordi Agusti, and The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives: An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History, and Evolving Eden: An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large Mammal Fauna, both with Alan Turner.

Reviews

"This is an extremely valuable and interesting book with text and illustrations by the best in the business. It will certainly be an original contribution to the field, as well as bringing together all known information about canid evolution into one readily accessible text." -- Lars Werdelin, Swedish Museum of Natural History " Dogs: Their Fossil Ancestors and Evolutionary History provides an excellent and much-needed overview of the history of the Canidae. There is no other book that covers the subject in as much detail." -- Blaire Van Valkenburgh, University of California, Los Angeles