Animal Fact File: Head-to-Tail Profiles of More Than 90 Mammals
Animal Fact File: Head-to-Tail Profiles of More Than 90 Mammals
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Annotation: * Covers more than 90 popular warm-blooded creatures from all over the world, from aardvark to wombat* Features a two-page full-colour illustrated spread for each animal* Includes notes on natural history, range, and habitat, measurements and characteristic features* Well-researched, informative and educational* Easily-accessed information in digestible bits
Genre: [Biology]
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #6546188
Format: Paperback
Copyright Date: 2018
Edition Date: 2017 Release Date: 06/07/18
Pages: 192 pages
ISBN: 981-477-976-8
ISBN 13: 978-981-477-976-0
Dewey: 599
Dimensions: 30 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
School Library Journal

Gr 4-8-A mix of fascinating information and surprising omissions and contradictions. The clear and sensible format presents an alphabetical guide to mammals from aardvarks to wombats. The full-color illustrations are excellent. Pictures show external and internal views of the animals as a whole and highlight distinctive body parts. Interesting comparison drawings abound; for example, the dromedary nose is compared to that of a bactrian camel. And there is, for every entry, an easy reference chart giving the mammal's classification, size, coloration, and features. Here is where the confusion starts. On page one, the author discusses the orders of mammals and presents a chart that lists the scientific names of typical species. On this page, the elephant is listed as a Macroscelidea and a Proboscidea. On the elephant page, neither of these classifications appears. Its genus is given as Loxodonta and its species is africana. Then, on the last page, another chart shows the elephant as a member of the Proboscidea genus. There is no explanation of what the scientific name is as compared to the genus and species. To add to the confusion, occasionally two animals appear on the same page. For instance, on the aardvark page, the hyrax is featured as well. But there's no chart about the hyrax, no explanation of how it is related to the aardvark (if, indeed, it is), and there is no hyrax entry in the book. Despite these shortcomings, the book provides a lot of easily accessed information in digestible bits.-Randi Hacker, Montgomery Elementary School, VT Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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Reading Level: 3.0
Interest Level: 7-12

Animal Fact File is a visual guide to the most important - and most interesting - unique anatomical features of the world's most irresistible and fascinating mammals. This work covers more than 90 popular warm-blooded creatures from every corner of the globe. Each animal is featured on a two-page, full-colour illustrated spread that shows the entire mammal and highlights interesting parts of its anatomy. Each entry includes notes on natural history, range, and habitat, along with measurements and characteristic features. Budding zoologists will enjoy leafing through these pages, which make for a nice artists' reference and an inviting coffee-table book as well.


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