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" Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia. "
Devra G. Kleiman, advisory editor ; Valerius Geist, advisory editor ; Melissa C. McDade, project editor ; Joseph E. Trumpey, chief scientific illustrator
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BL
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585474
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b414693
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Tierleben.English
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Grzimek, Bernhard
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Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia.\ Devra G. Kleiman, advisory editor ; Valerius Geist, advisory editor ; Melissa C. McDade, project editor ; Joseph E. Trumpey, chief scientific illustrator
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2nd ed
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Detroit :: Gale :: Thomson/Gale,, ©2004
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xx, 448 pages :: color illustrations, color maps ;; 29 cm
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0787657883
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: 9780787657888
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Translation of: Tierleben
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"AZA, Michael Hutchins, series editor in association with the American Zoo and Aquarium Association."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-315) and index
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| Contents
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v. 12. Mammals I -- Topic Overviews -- What Is a Mammal? -- Ice Age Giants -- Contributions of Molecular Genetics to Phylogenetics -- Structure and Function -- Adaptations for Flight -- Adaptations for Aquatic Life -- Adaptations for Subterranean Life -- Sensory Systems -- Life History and Reproduction -- Reproductive Processes -- Ecology -- Nutritional Adaptations -- Distribution and Biogeography -- Behavior -- Cognition and Intelligence -- Migration -- Mammals and Humans: Domestication and Commensals -- Mammals and Humans: Mammalian Invasives and Pests -- Mammals and Humans: Field Techniques for Studying Mammals -- Mammals and Humans: Mammals in Zoos -- Conservation -- Monotremata (Monotremes) -- Echidnas (Tachyglossidae) -- Duck-Billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchidae) -- Didelphimorphia (New World Opossums) -- Paucituberculata (Shrew Opossums) -- Microbiotheria (Monitos del Monte) -- Dasyuromorphia (Australasian Carnivorous Marsupials) -- Marsupial Mice and Cats, Tasmanian Devil (Dasyuridae) -- Numbat (Myrmecobiidae) -- Tasmanian Wolves (Thylacinidae) -- Mammals Species List
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Provides information on the evolution and systematics, physical characteristics, distribution, habitat, behavior, feeding ecology and diet, reproductive biology, and conservation status of five orders of mammals, each with species accounts, and includes introductory essays on mammal-related topics
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Mammals
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Kleiman, Devra G
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Geist, Valerius
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McDade, Melissa C
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American Zoo and Aquarium Association
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Animal life encyclopedia
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: Mammals
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