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As mammals ourselves, we have always been fascinated with this most advanced class of animals, and Simon & Schuster's Guide to Mammals describes 426 species worldwide. A long and thoughtful introduction to the evolution, characteristics, and orders of mammals is followed by the entries... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Bovidae: Add a description of this character.
- Muridae
- Chiroptera
- Marsupialia
- Sciuridae
- Cercopithecidae
- Cebidae
- Vespertilionidae
- Phocidae
- Viverridae
- Pteropodidae
- Macropodidae
- Leporidae
- Ursidae
- Lagomorpha
- Soricidae
- Scluridae
- Phyllostomatidae
- Dasyuridae
- Camelidae
Setting & Locations edit
- Distribution Africa
- Australia
- Asia
- Mexico
- Europe
- North America
- Southwestern United States
- Sub-saharan Africa
- China
- South America
- Distribution India
- Sumatra
- Argentina
- Canada
- Brazil
- Tasmania
- North Africa
- New Guinea
- Arabia
- Borneo
- Tanzania
- Queensland
- Ethiopia
- South Africa
- Madagascar
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Senegal
- Somalia
- Burma
- Chile
- East Africa
- Siberia
- Middle East
- New Zealand
- California
- Scandinavia
- Japan
- Malaysia
- Kenya
- Thailand
- Texas
- Morocco
- Perissodactyla
- Panama
- Amazon
First Sentence edit
A heavy, round-bodied animal; covered with short, pointed spines mixed with coarse hairs except on underparts; small tail; long, narrow beak with tiny, toothless mouth; 5 toes on each foot with strong, broad claws and long, curved claw on second toe of hind feet.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Luigi Boitani (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 599
Subjects edit
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Animals › Mammals
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Zoology › Mammals
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Biology
- Books › Science › Nature & Ecology
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Ecology
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Reference
- Books › Home & Garden › Animal Care & Pets
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