Product Description: Authoritative and engaging, this volume from the Walker's Mammals series focuses on marsupials, pouched animals whose unusual method of reproduction -- between egg laying and placental birth -- places them in a unique category among mammals...read more

Product Description: Although they are highly intelligent, ruthless predators, carnivores are increasingly rare. From the dwarf mongoose to the polar bear, carnivores are at once respected and misunderstood, invoking both fear and curiosity in the humans with whom they share their world...read more

Product Description: From the giant bottlenosed whale and the West Indian manatee to the crabeater seal and hourglass dolphin, from the pygmy sperm whale to the spotted-necked otter, marine mammals are among the most fascinating—and most watched—of the earth's many animal species...read more

Thirty-five massive mammals from various habitats across the globe are examined up close, providing a rare opportunity to learn about these creatures--many of which are endangered--in their natural enviornments. Original.

Product Description: From Nigeria's needle-clawed bush baby to the snub-nosed langur of Tibet, from loris to lemur, from the woolly monkey to the "naked ape," primates are among the world's most diverse—and distinctive—groups of mammals. Seventy million years of evolving primate anatomy (much of it significantly influenced by a tree-dwelling lifestyle) has resulted in such defining characteristics as stereoscopic vision, a relatively large brain, grasping hands and feet, and superior levels of dexterity and muscular coordination...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Gives an historical account of the world's mammals since 3,000 B.C., and then provides detailed information about every mammal on earth, divided by genus.

Product Description: From the African long-tongued fruit bat to the wrinkle-faced bat of Mexico and Central America, Walker's Bats of the World is an astonishingly complete guide to this fascinating, beneficial, and varied order of mammals. It includes scientific and common names, as well as the number and distribution of species, measurements and physical traits, habitat, daily and seasonal activity, population dynamics, home range, social life, reproduction, and longevity...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Publisher: Lawrence, Kans. : Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas Publication date: 1979 Subjects: Canis Paleontology -- Quaternary Paleontology -- North America Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text...read more