The Concise Animal Encyclopedia by David Burnie

The Concise Animal Encyclopedia by David Burnie

This animal encyclopaedia combines hard facts about a particular animal with interesting details about its lifestyle, behaviour, other members of its family, and habitat and conservation. It contains details of more than 2000 animals of all types, from armadillos and wallabies to sea cucumbers and fish eagles, arranged thematically from the smallest animal to the biggest. The book is divided into two main parts, invertebrates and vertebrates. The sections are arranged according to animal classes. In invertebrates, the sections are simple animals, cnidarians and comb jellies, flat worms, round worms and ribbon worms, segmented worms, molluscs, arthrods and echinoderms. In vertebrates, the sections are fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. There are also special features scattered throughout the book that focus on general animal subjects such as hibernation, aestivation, colour and camouflage.

David Burnie is a zoology graduate. He was a Nature Reserve Ranger, before becoming a natural history author and editor. A prolific writer of many books, several of his titles have won educational book awards and science prizes. His Kingfisher Illustrated Dinosaur Encyclopedia was shortlisted for the Junior Aventis Prize in 2001.

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ISBN 13	9780753408148
ISBN 10	0753408147
Title	The Concise Animal Encyclopedia
Author	David Burnie
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2003-04-22
Number of pages	320
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