The atlas contains the first full account of information on all 202 species of animals belonging to 37 families from 7 orders living in the western part of our country. This is the first edition that includes maps of all species of land-dwelling, water-dwelling and flying mammals at the same time. All maps are provided with a QR code, by clicking on which you can see all the encounter locations of a particular species. For each species, the map provides data for the entire period of zoological observations. The maps are accompanied by species essays that allow you to get an idea of the animal's appearance, its ecology, variability, the place of the Russian population in the world range, as well as its practical significance and conservation status.
The atlas is illustrated with drawings by the famous animal artist V.M. Smirin. The authors of the species essays were 89 leading theriologists of Russia, representing scientific organizations, universities, and nature reserves of our country. "The Atlas of the Distribution of Mammals in the European Part of Russia" was published by the well-known scientific publishing house - "KMK Scientific Publishing Partnership".
The atlas is intended for a wide range of readers. It is useful for anyone whose work includes studies of mammals: teachers, nature lovers, professional zoologists and ecologists, specialists working in the field of nature conservation, hunting, epizootology and agriculture.
The publication was prepared over the course of seven years by the Academician V.E. Sokolov Working Group of the Theriological Society at the Russian Academy of Sciences, which included specialists from the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Research Zoological Museum of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Professor B.M. Zhitkov All-Russian Research Institute of Hunting and Fur Farming, Penza State University and the Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The data included in the "Atlas of the Distribution of Mammals of the European Part of Russia" was collected using the "Mammals of Russia" information system. The data entered into this system was divided into several categories: museum collections, observations of zoologists and naturalists, data from literature and reports, and information from the Internet. Volunteers made a significant contribution to the study of the distribution of individual species by adding their findings to the "Mammals of Russia" portal database.
Work on studying the distribution of Russian mammals will continue. In the future, it is planned to publish "The Atlas of Distribution of Mammals of the Asian Part of Russia" and "The Atlas of Distribution of Mammals of Russia". We invite all caring people to contribute to the knowledge of the animals of our country and add their findings to the "Mammals of Russia" information system.
Link to the book https://avtor-kmk.ru/pages/showitem.php?id=987