Simon and Schuster's Guide to MammalsSydney Anderson As mammals ourselves, we have always been fascinated with this most advanced class of animals, and "Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mammals" describes 426 species worldwide. A long and thoughtful introduction to the evolution, characteristics, and orders of mammals is followed by the entries -- all illustrated in full color -- each containing the mammal's classification, description, and habitat as well as details on behavior, feeding habits, and reproduction. The entries also feature colorful symbols to illustrate habitat, color maps to show the distribution and rarity of each species, and line drawings to indicate unusual or notable physical features. With more than 500 color photographs, "Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mammals" is a superb and valuable reference. |
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Simon and Schuster's Guide to Mammals Luigi Boitani,Stefania Bartoli,Sydney Anderson No preview available - 1983 |
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Africa animal areas Behavior Bovidae breeding brown burrow Canidae Cebidae Cercopithecidae Cervidae Cetacea Classification Order Artiodactyla Classification Order Carnivora Classification Order Chiroptera Classification Order Marsupialia Classification Order Primates Classification Order Rodentia claws color dense Description The coat ears eats Family Bovidae feeds Felidae female gives birth fruit Gestation lasts glands grass gray ground groups Habitat Habitat Forests Habitat Tropical forests hairless hairs head and body hibernate hind feet horns hunted incisors insectivore insects Lagomorpha Length of head litter lives males mammals Marsupialia marsupials mating season monkey months Muridae Mustelidae nest night nocturnal northern paler Pelage Perissodactyla Phocidae pouch prey Primates reddish regions rodents savanna Sciuridae short shoulder height shrew single young snout solitary species squirrel stripes tail teeth toes trees underside Ursidae usually Vespertilionidae Viverridae weight whale winter woodlands young are born