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BL
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1047094
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b801464
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| Main Entry
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Turvey, Sam.
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| Title & Author
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Witness to extinction : : how we failed to save the Yangtze River dolphin /\ Samuel Turvey.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford :: Oxford University Press,, 2009.
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1 online resource (233 pages)
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| ISBN
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0191563595
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: 9780191563591
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0199549478
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9780199549474
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9780199549481
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index.
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| Contents
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Author's Note; Prologue; PART ONE: THE BEGINNING; PART TWO: THE END; Epilogue: And Then There Was One; Suggested Reading; Notes; Acknowledgements; Index.
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| Abstract
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The tragic recognition of the extinction of the Yangtze River Dolphin or baiji in 2007 became a major news story and sent shockwaves around the world. It made a romantic story, for the baiji was a unique and beautiful creature that features in many Chinese legends and folk tales. The Goddess of the Yangtze, as it was known, was also the lone representative of an entire and ancient branch of the Tree of Life. But perhaps the greater tragedy is that its status as one of the world'smost threatened mammals had been widely recognized, yet despite wide publicity virtually no international funds beca.
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Chinese river dolphin.
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Extinction (Biology)
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Chinese river dolphin.
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Extinction (Biology)
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NATURE-- Animals-- Mammals.
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Zoology-- Mammals.
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| Dewey Classification
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599.5380951
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| LC Classification
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QL737.C436T87 2009eb
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