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English
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Explores the similarities between leopards and cheetahs, and how to tell them apart. Discover how traits like size, fur patterns, and hunting practices can be used to identify these big cats. Additional features include a side-by-side comparison of the animals, an activity encouraging readers to demonstrate their knowledge, a phonetic glossary, sources for further reading, an introduction to the author, and an index.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Renowned paleontologist and New York Times bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs Steve Brusatte charts the extraordinary story of the dinosaurs' successor: mammals, which emerged from the shadows to rule the Earth"--
49) Amazing cats
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Series
Eyewitness juniors volume 5
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
Features unusual members of the cat world, including the Turkish swimming cat, Scottish wildcat, and ocelot, and describes important characteristics of the whole group.
50) Bobcat
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1983
Language
English
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Describes the habits and characteristics of the stubby-tailed spotted wild cat that is native to North America.
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Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"In the Encyclopedia of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, award-winning author and whale researcher Erich Hoyt takes readers into the field for an intimate encounter with some 90 species of cetaceans that make their homes in the world's oceans. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience and a comprehensive familiarity with the current revolution in cetacean studies, Hoyt provides unique insights into the life histories of these compelling marine mammals....
54) Felids and hyenas of the world: wildcats, panthers, lynx, pumas, ocelots, caracals, and relatives
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Series
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Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A compilation of 38 outstanding species of mammals of the Orinoco-Amazon area plus others of the pacific slopes of Los Andes and the Galapagos islands. Possums, Armadillo, Sloth, anteaters, ten species of monkeys, seven species of rodents, including the biggest ones in the world like capybaras and agoutis, Ocelot, Puma, Jaguarundi and Jaguar, foxes, the Spectacled Bear, Kinkajou, Coati, Tayra, the Tapir, seals from Galapagos and more. A 37 minutes...
56) Boobies
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English
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A cheeky celebration of boobies! "You have just opened a book about boobies." Meet the Blue-footed Booby, who does not have any boobies at all, since only mammals have boobies. We learn that mammals have boobies to feed babies - even though milk can also come from plants. And did you know that boobies, or breasts, vary from person to person, that boobies change over time, and that different animals have different numbers of boobies? Witty and wide-ranging,...
59) Never cry wolf
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English
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More than a half-century ago the naturalist Farley Mowat accepted an assignment to investigate why wolves were killing Arctic caribou. Mowat's account of the summer he lived in the frozen tundra alone -- studying the wolf population and developing a deep affection for these wild creatures (who were of no threat to caribou or man) -- is today celebrated as a classic of nature writing, at once a tale of remarkable adventure and an indelible record...
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