Book
Wildlife of the world
Edition
First American edition.
Publication Information
New York, New York : DK Publishing, 2015.
Physical Description
480 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 31 cm
Summary
Profiles over four hundred animals from around the world, discussing their habitat, physical characteristics, and challenges they face.
Notes
At head of title: DK Smithsonian.
Includes index.
Contents
- Animal habitats. Forests ; Grasslands ; Extreme environments ; Aquatic environments
- North America. Peaks and prairies ; Canadian Arctic ; Yellowstone ; Central great plains ; Sierra Nevada ; Mojave Desert ; Florida Everglades
- Central and South America. Land of the jaguar ; Costa Rican rainforest ; Andean yungas ; Amazon rainforest ; The Pantanal ; Andean altiplano ; Argentine pampas ; Galapagos Islands
- Europe. Plains and peninsulas ; Norwegian fjords ; Scottish highlands ; The Camargue ; Tagus Valley ; The Alps ; Bavarian Forest
- Africa. A sunbaked land ; Ethiopian highlands ; Great Rift Valley lakes ; Serengeti savannas ; Congo basin ; Okavango Delta ; Kalahari Desert ; Madagascan dry forests
- Asia. Land of extremes ; Arabian highlands ; Terai-Duar savannas ; Eastern Himalayas ; Upper Yangtze forests ; Gobi Desert ; Nihonkai Montane forest ; Bornean rainforest ; Sulu-Sulawesi seas
- Australasia. The red continent ; New Guinea Montane forest ; North Australia savannas ; Great Sandy-Tanami Desert ; East Australian forest ; Great Barrier Reef ; New Zealand mixed forest
- Antarctica. Land of ice and snow ; Southern Ocean islands ; Antarctic Peninsula.