Wildlife of the World

DK

Penguin, Oct 6, 2015 - Nature - 480 pages

Wildlife of the World takes you on a journey through some of the most scenic and rich animal habitats-- from the Amazon rain forests to the Himalayas, the Sahara to the South Pole--meeting the most important animals in each ecosystem along the way.

In Wildlife of the World, truly spectacular portrait-style photography brings you "face-to-face" with individual animals in up-close and engrossing profiles on how the animals interact with their environments, mate, survive, and even play.

From the shaggy musk ox foraging in the Canadian high arctic to the angered Scottish wildcat prowling the Highlands to the rock-climbing gelada monkey of Ethiopia, each animal featured in Wildlife of the World plays a key role in its environment. An additional eighty-page illustrated reference section on the animal kingdom explains the animal groups and profiles additional species.

Produced in association with the Smithsonian Institution.

Contents

• Animal Habitats 10: 10
• Forests 12: 12
• Grasslands 14: 14
• Extreme Environments 16: 16
• Aquatic Environments 18: 18
• North America 20: 21
• Peaks And Prairies 22: 22
• Canadian Arctic 24: 24
• Yellowstone 34: 34
• Central Great Plains 44: 44
• Sierra Nevada 52: 52
• Mojave Desert 60: 60
• Florida Everglades 66: 66
• Central And South America 74: 75
• Land Of The Jaguar 76: 76
• Costa Rican Rainforest 78: 78
• Andean Yungas 84: 84
• Amazon Rainforest 90: 90
• The Pantanal 100: 100
• Andean Altiplano 108: 108
• Argentine Pampas 114: 114
• Galapagos Islands 122: 122
• Europe 130: 131
• Plains And Peninsulas 132: 132
• Norwegian Fjords 134: 134
• Scottish Highlands 140: 140
• The Camargue 146: 146
• Tagus Valley 152: 152
• The Alps 158: 158
• Bavarian Forest 164: 164
• Africa 174: 175
• A Sunbaked Land 176: 176
• Ethiopian Highlands 178: 178
• Great Rift Valley Lakes 184: 184
• Serengeti Savannas 192: 192
• Congo Basin 208: 208
• Okavango Delta 218: 218
• Kalahari Desert 228: 228
• Madagascan Dry Forests 236: 236
• Asia 244: 245
• Land Of Extremes 246: 246
• Arabian Highlands 248: 248
• Teraiduar Savannas 254: 254
• Eastern Himalayas 266: 266
• Upper Yangtze Forests 272: 272
• Gobi Desert 278: 278
• Nihonkai Montane Forest 284: 284
• Bornean Rainforest 292: 292
• Sulusulawesi Seas 302: 302
• Australasia 310: 311
• The Red Continent 312: 312
• New Guinea Montane Forest 314: 314
• North Australia Savannas 320: 320
• Great Sandytanami Desert 328: 328
• East Australian Forests 334: 334
• Great Barrier Reef 344: 344
• New Zealand Mixed Forest 354: 354
• Antarctica 360: 361
• Land Of Ice And Snow 362: 362
• Southern Ocean Islands 364: 364
• Antarctic Peninsula 370: 370
• The Animal Kingdom 376: 376
• Glossary 378: 378
• Index 382: 382
• Acknowledgments 478: 398

Bibliographic information

• Title: Wildlife of the World
• Author: DK
• Contributors: Don E. Wilson, Smithsonian Institution
• Publisher: Penguin, 2015
• ISBN: 1465449590, 9781465449597
• Length: 480 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Animals / Wildlife; Nature / Reference; Photography / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals