Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals [Hardcover]

Devra G. Kleiman (Editor), Valerius Geist (Editor), Melissa C. McDade (Editor), Joseph E. Trumpey (Illustrator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0787657921 | ISBN-13: 978-0787657925 | Publication Date: November 21, 2003 | Edition: 2

Gale proudly presents the first completely revised and updated version of this acclaimed set in 30 years. Some reviewers call < I>Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia< /I> the best reference work on animals ever published. Others call it the legacy left to us by famed zoologist and animal lover, Bernhard Grzimek. The accolades and praise go on for the newest addition to Gale's line of reference titles. The original 13-vol. set, published in Germany in the late 1960s, is internationally renowned for its scientific reporting, coverage and illustrations, and serves as a major point of reference for researchers and students studying the animal kingdom. Thorough articles familiarize readers with animals found everywhere on the globe, detailing their life cycles, predators, food systems, overall ecology and much more. Staying true to the original scientific pedigree, Gale enlisted prominent advisors and contributors from the international scientific community to incorporate recent developments in the animal world. Our new editions of < I>Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia< /I> are sure to serve the needs of students at every academic level.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 704 pages
• Publisher: Gale; 2 edition (November 21, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787657921
• ISBN-13: 978-0787657925
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars comprehensive encyclopedia of mammology, August 23, 2008

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Ron Braithwaite "Hummingbird God" (El Indio, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammals (Hardcover)

I own Grzimek's Mammal Encyclopedia, I-IV and find it an excellent and comprehensive reference work. The drawings and photographs are good as are the behavioral discriptions and geographical mapping. The mammalian orders are logically broken down to the species and sometimes subspecies level.

The text is readable and nontechnical, oftentimes referring to eyewitness accounts and opinions. There is discussion of species frequency and extinction dangers but, at least, this isn't overdone. There is little inclination, as I see in some texts and at some zoos, to declare most species 'endangered' and the endangerment is hunting.

To be certain, the environmental movement has moved from the point in which hunting [a practice that can be easily observed] is blamed as the culprit for animal rarity and extinction. Most workers now recognize that environmental degradation and loss are, by far, the greatest dangers to the welfare of most species.

Ron Braithwaite author of novels--"Skull Rack" and "Hummingbird God"--on the Conquest of Mexico