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Animal - The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife

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By Laura Klappenbach, About.com

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When exploring any scientific or technical topic, I've often sought a single book, one that stands apart from all other texts, to serve as my main reference and source inspiration. For me, as I continue to explore the vast topics of zoology, natural history, and wildlife biology, that book is 'Animal'.

'Animal: The Definitive Guide to the World's Wildlife' is an ambitious and visually spectacular guide that will widen your understanding of the amazing animals with whom we share our planet. 'Animal' is a reference book, a picture book, and a text of incomparable breadth.

'Animal' was edited by David Burnie and Don E. Wilson and published by Dorling Kindersley, London, 2001. The book contains a wealth of information about members of each major group of willdlife: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and invertebrates.

Descriptions for each animal group includes facts, photos, and special-interest topics. You'll also find a fantastic introductory section that examines the many topics that relate to animals and wildlife--habitats, classification, life cycles, behavior, anatomy, and much more.

'Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife' contains the following chapters:

  • Introduction
  • Habitats
  • Mammals
  • Birds
  • Reptiles
  • Amphibians
  • Fishes
  • Invertegrates
"Several differences between the skeletons of mammals and other vertebrates can be seen in the skull. Mammals are unique in having a lower jaw that is hinged directly to the rest of the skull--in other vertebrates the connection is indirect, with at least one other bone between the 2 parts of the jaw." (Source: Animal, 86).
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