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Description: |
xiv, 281 pages, 36 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: List of illustrations -- Preface -- What is in this book, where it comes from, and how to use it -- Species accounts. Opossums (marsupialia) -- Anteaters, sloths, and armadillos (xenarthra) -- Bats (chiroptera) -- Monkeys (primates) -- Carnivores (carnivora) -- Dolphins (cetacea) -- Tapirs (perissodactyla) -- Peccaries and deer (artiodactyla) -- Manatees (sirenia) -- Rodents (rodentia) -- Rabbits (lagomorpha) -- Appendix A. Glossary -- Appendix B. Keys to the families and genera of rainforest mammals -- Appendix C. Classification, study, biogeography, and conservation of neotropical rainforest mammals -- Appendix D. Tracks of large mammals -- Appendix E. General references -- Appendix F. Checklist and index of scientific names -- Index of genera and common names. |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0608/89039353-d.html |
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Name Added Entry: |
Feer, François, illustrator. ill |