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Request: Handbook of the Mammals of the World Vol. 9 - Bats
I am currently in search of the "Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Vol. 9 - Bats" to aid in improving related articles. Unfortunately, due to the high cost, obtaining a copy has proven challenging for me. If any members have access to the handbook and are willing to share it, I would deeply appreciate it. I'm currently working on trying to improve the bat articles and I think the handbook would be a great reference to have. Myth Sys (talk) 03:14, 19 November 2023 (UTC)
A very useful resource, although I'm surprised that this allowable under copyright laws? Plazi also has the range map images and species plates, available at high resolution. The difficulty is finding them as the search system is quirky. The family pages such as Vespertilionidae are good starting points. — Jts1882 | talk16:01, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Taxonomic treatments , maybe, but what about the text and images? They seem to have most of the text and illustrations, including high resolution versions of the plates. The information is there, although not in an easily navigable form. I'm not complaining as it's very useful, now I've worked out how to navigate it. A Plazi version of HBW would also be helpful. — Jts1882 | talk15:29, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
@Ucucha: As you have the book, can you answer a question for me. Plazi content seems restricted to family and species treatments. Does HMW have sections describing genera and other ranks (order, superfamily, subfamily)? — Jts1882 | talk09:11, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
It's basically just families and species. There is some introductory material at the beginning of each volume, but no full order-level accounts. Ucucha (talk) 15:29, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
I did bit of digging because I was curious about what they were providing and the copyright issue, with the help of pages provided at Lynx Edicions and that provided by Plazi. The Plazi family treatment for Felidae (volume 1) is essentially the infobox at the start of the chapter. Then the book has 70 pages on the general biology of felids, including Systematics, Morphology, Habitat, Food, Breeding, Social Organization, and Conservation. None of this is available on Plazi. The Plazi species treatments are the Species Accounts the make up the last 40 pages of the chapter. Not the whole book by any means, but still pretty useful, especially the newer volumes like bats. — Jts1882 | talk16:48, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
