Walker's Mammals of the World

The 1st Volume of the 7th edition of Walker's Mammals of the World is coming out this summer! Will be the first time Walker's will feature color photographs (including some of mine). Link below:

https://www.amazon.com/Walkers-Mamm...preST=_SX218_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

 

Thanks for this. The 6th edition came out in 1999 and was followed by smaller paperback editions of certain groups. I didn't think there would be a 7th edition.

 

Funny I wasn't really aware of the paperback editions. How much new information/photographs are featured in those compared to the 6th edition, if you know?

 

I think the main difference is in the introductory chapter. The text and photos related to the families and genera are the same as in the 6th edition.
The titles are as follows:
Walker's Bats of the World (1p on Amazon)
Walker's Carnivores of the World
Walker's Marine Mammals of the World (1p on Amazon)
Walker's Marsupials of the World
Walker's Primates of the World (1p on Amazon)
Amazon is also offering the 1st Volume of the 7th edition of Walker's Mammals of the World for £74. I hope that the arrangement is similar to the previous 6 editions. I prefer to see all the information about genera together, rather than having only basic information with other data dotted among the 'family' chapter' as in the Handbook.

 

"Walker's Mammals of the World" was my favourite mammalian reference work for many years; I have copies of the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th editions.

In recent years it has really been superseded by "Handbook of the Mammals of the World" so didn't expect a 7th edition of "Walker" to be published; I'm very pleased to learn that a new edition is coming though.

 

The new volume is very well done. Almost all genera have at least one colour photograph. The preface says "Updated volumes covering the other orders may be issued in the future.
I certainly hope so.

 

Hi, maybe you can help.

What groups are covered?

What it offers more compared to Handbook of the Mammals of the World?

I remember that old Walker's covered very well historic (and often prehistoric) mammals and their distribution, which was often much more extensive than today. Is it still the case?

 

Hi Jurek,
I will post a review later this week after I have read it properly.

 

Hi Jurek,sorry for the delay.
The groups covered are Monotremes, marsupials, Tenrecs and Golden moles, Sengis, aardvark, hyraxes, elephants,sirenians, armadillos, anteaters, sloths, tree shrews and colugos.
Compared to previous editions the print size is larger and the photos also are larger and mostly in colour. The photos are very well chosen.
Extinct groups and genera are well covered usually with a colour painting and full description of their former range and appearance.
I really like this book and very much hope that further volumes will be published.

 

Thank you @Chlidonias for the kind words! Being published in this newest edition meant so much to me as Walker's was my absolute favorite set of books growing up. Having my photos used in a hypothetical future volume was something I always aspired to, even attempting to mimic the photographic style featured in the existing volumes. The last count I was told by the editor was 48 photos, not sure if that is in fact the final count in the book though.