The Encyclopedia of Mammals
by David W. Macdonald (Editor), Sasha Norris (Editor)
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Covering the behaviour, diet, distribution, and evolution of various mammals, this work is illustrated with photographs and original artwork, including photo-stories of momentous events such as how a cheetah learns to hunt, an elephant's early years and life in the pouch for a kangeroo.Tags
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I can't even begin to describe how much this book fascinated me as a child. Although the hardcover edition I own already begins to fall apart due to the time which has passed and the thousands of times I opened the pages, it still enthralls me to even think of the amount of time I spent with this book in my childhood, fascinated with animals as I was back then. The wonderfully elaborate descriptions of each single mammal allowed this to become a fascinating work which I'd even call a must-read for everyone interested in animals and their habitats.
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David W. Macdonald is Director and founder of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit in the Department of Zoology at Oxford University, where he is Professor of Wildlife Conservation and a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall. He is Visiting Professor at Imperial College, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a former A.D. White show more Professor-at-Large at Cornell University, he is a recipient of the American Society of Mammalogists' Merriam Award for outstanding research in mammalogy, and was made CBE for services to science. show less
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Encyclopedia of Mammals
- Original publication date
- 1984
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- 369
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- 84,692
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (4.65)
- Languages
- English, German, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 26
- ASINs
- 1
