Walker's Mammals of the World: Monotremes, Marsupials, Afrotherians, Xenarthrans, and Sundatherians

This is a reference guide to all kinds of mammals in the world, covering a total of 19 orders with creatures of all shapes and sizes that have inhabited the earth in the past 5000 years. The book lists every species and profiles essential details. It contains over 500 color photographs and entires have plenty of references (with over 2,200 citations). In addition to all the info that each profile has, the book contains conservation data, sharing the endangered status of each mammal.