Steven C. Anderson
Articles by Steven C. Anderson
- MAMMALS i. Mammals of Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
MAMMALS i. Mammals of Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia History and literature. The first effort to publish a comprehensive account…
- MAMMALS ii. Species List: Mammals of Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
MAMMALS ii. Species List: Mammals of Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia With few exceptions, the taxonomy of this list follows that…
- LIZARDS
LIZARDS, reptiles belonging to the order Squamata; a large and widespread group of animals exhibiting a generalized tetrapod body plan,…
- EAGLES
EAGLES (Ar. and Pers. ʿoqāb; also obsolete Pers. dāl < Mid. Pers. dālman; also obsolete Pers. and Mid. Pers. āloh),...
- JACKAL
JACKAL, Golden or Asiatic (Canis aureus, MPers. tōrag, NPers. tura, šaḡāl [cf. Skt. śṛgāla- and related IAr. forms; Mayrhofer, 1976,…
- INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS
INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS IN IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, AND NEIGHBORING CENTRAL ASIA. This category includes all animals without a vertebral column. Thus it…
- INSECTS
INSECTS. The insects of Persia and Afghanistan belong to the Palearctic fauna, although in the eastern and southeastern parts of…
- INSECTIVORES
INSECTIVORES, members of the mammalian order, small animals with several conservative anatomical characteristics. They retain five digits on all limbs…
- HYENA
HYENA, Hyaena hyaena (Linnaeus, 1758; Figure 1), Pers. kaftār. The striped hyena is the only current Asian representative of the…
- HEDGEHOG
HEDGEHOG (ḵār-pošt, juja-tiḡi, čula; Figure 1, Figure 2), member of the Erinaceinae sub-family of the Erinaceidae family of insectivores; animals the…
- FOX i. NATURAL HISTORY
FOX, small member of the dog family (Canidae). Foxes have large ears and bushy tails; the muzzles are long and…