chapter 1 Introduction and Historical Overview of Patterns of West Indian Biogeography -- chapter 2 Introduction -- chapter 3 Introduction -- chapter 4 Functional Adaptations to Island Life in the West Indies -- chapter 5 Introduction -- chapter 6 Introduction -- chapter 7 Materials and Methods -- chapter 8 Introduction -- chapter 9 Rhysodine Beetles in the West Indies -- chapter 10 Introduction -- chapter 11 Materials and Methods -- chapter 12 Introduction -- chapter 13 Early Tertiary Vertebrate Fossils from Seven Rivers, Parish of St. James, Jamaica, and Their Biogeographical Implications / chapter 14 The Sloths of the West Indies: A Systematic and Phylogenetic Review / chapter 15 The Origin of the Greater Antillean Insectivorans / chapter 16 Systematics and Biogeography of the West Indian Genus Solenodon / chapter 17 Characterization of the Mitochondrial Control Region in Solenodon paradoxus from Hispaniola and the Implications for Biogeography, Systematics, and Conservation Management / chapter 18 Insular Patterns and Radiations of West Indian Rodents / chapter 19 Biogeography of West Indian Bats: An Ecological Perspective / chapter 20 Patterns of Extinction in West Indian Bats / chapter 21 The Mongoose in the West Indies: The Biogeography and Population Biology of an Introduced Species / chapter 22 Status and Biogeography of the West Indian Manatee / chapter 23 Historical Biogeography in Cuba: 19th-Century Interpretations and Misinterpretations / chapter 24 Native American Use of Animals in the Caribbean / chapter 25 The Prehistory and Early History of the Caribbean / chapter 26 Impact of Hunting on Jamaican Hutia (Geocapromys brownii) Populations: Evidence from Zooarchaeology and Hunter Surveys / chapter 27 Status of Conservation in Haiti: A 10-Year Retrospective