exclusive Barnes&noble edition the everything you need to know encycloperia of mammals eddited by dr. david macdonald
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Encyclopedia of Mammals (Hardcover)
I've been a docent at a zoo for several years, and this book has been invaluable. It presents the material clearly and consistently. The pictures are fantastic. It's also a book that my family keeps hauling off the shelf to answer "that animal question."
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A pleasure to read,
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This review is from: Encyclopedia of Mammals (Facts on File Natural Science Library) (Hardcover)
This book is informative enough to be a professional reference text, yet accessible and beautiful enough to be a coffee table book or even a picture book for older children. It presents a comprehensive overview of all the mammals, organized by taxonomical group. The text is supplemented with excellent photographs that allow the readers to "see the animals" for themselves and learn much the text does not say.It was used as a textbook for my college mammalogy class, and it served the purpose better than any standard text. The authors and editor, top mammalogists, do a good (albeit slightly conservative) job of bringing together what is known about mammalogy and condensing it into one large volume. Each section summarizes one species or group of animals. Special spreads describe details such as the songs of the gibbons and the responses of voles to the scent of their predators. It was very engaging, and I highly recommend it even as a popular science reference.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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A worthy tome of mammalian facts,
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This review is from: The Encyclopedia of Mammals (Hardcover)
For years I have keep this book close by my side. I'm amazed by the number of times I have consulted it while watching a nature show or after a discussion of wildlife. The coverage of mammalian families is comprehensive and the photographs are beautiful. A must own for any naturalist
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The platypus is confined to eastern Australia and Tasmania, the long-beaked echidna occurs only in New Guinea, while the short-beaked echidna is found in all of these regions, in almost all habitats. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
giant mouse lemurs, greater moonrat, female rice rats, full species list, young unspotted, nonmetric equivalents, aquatic tenrec, common tenrec, small marsupial carnivores, false antechinus, coronal crest, rice tenrecs, giant otter shrew, dune mole rats, vesper rat, conservation dependent, common hippo, adjacent small islands, sperm competition risk, cyclic perineal swelling, riverine rabbit, bush hyraxes, galago species, pygmy gerbil, gray agouti Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, South America, New Guinea, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United States, Middle East, Western Australia, Bering Sea, New South Wales, Rio Amazonas, Sierra Leone, Southern Ocean, Costa Rica, Baja California, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indian Ocean, West Indian, Camivora Family, Rodentia Family, South Australia, Wild Vu Vulnerable, Arctic Ocean, Horn of Africa New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The platypus is confined to eastern Australia and Tasmania, the long-beaked echidna occurs only in New Guinea, while the short-beaked echidna is found in all of these regions, in almost all habitats. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
giant mouse lemurs, greater moonrat, female rice rats, full species list, young unspotted, nonmetric equivalents, aquatic tenrec, common tenrec, small marsupial carnivores, false antechinus, coronal crest, rice tenrecs, giant otter shrew, dune mole rats, vesper rat, conservation dependent, common hippo, adjacent small islands, sperm competition risk, cyclic perineal swelling, riverine rabbit, bush hyraxes, galago species, pygmy gerbil, gray agouti Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, South America, New Guinea, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka, United States, Middle East, Western Australia, Bering Sea, New South Wales, Rio Amazonas, Sierra Leone, Southern Ocean, Costa Rica, Baja California, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indian Ocean, West Indian, Camivora Family, Rodentia Family, South Australia, Wild Vu Vulnerable, Arctic Ocean, Horn of Africa New!
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