The Kingfisher Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia is a breathtaking safari through the animal kingdom.It covers over 2,000 animals, from the tiniest protozoa to the mightiest mammal, spanning the Earth, pole to pole. Comprehensive yet easy-to-use, it will absorb,inform and fascinate children and adults alike. With hundreds of dramatic photographs and illustrations,this mine of information is a captivating and indispensable reference book for the whole family.
ll animal life is to be found within the pages of The Kingfisher Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia. It has never been easier to discover the wonders of the animal kingdom. The encyclopedia is arranged with refreshing simplicity; it is divided into vertebrates and invertebrates,and covers every animal group from the smallest to the largest. Each entry deseribes the eharaeteristies, behaviour and distribution of a particular animal and gives its Latin name. Individual entries are eomplemented by eolour-eoded panels that foeus on topics such as metamorphosis,eamouflage and hibernation.Featuring a comprehensive glossary and index, The Kingfisher Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia celebrates the extraordinary range of creatures found on our planet.
INTRODUCTION
CLASSIFICATION
SIMPLE ANIMALS
CNIDARIANS
FLATWORMS AND
ROUNDWORMS
SEGMENTED WORMS
MOLLUSCS
CHITONS AND TUSK SHELLS
GASTROPODS
BIVALVES
CEPHALOPODS
ARACHNIDS
SPIDERS
SCORPIONS, TICKS AND MITES
SEA SPIDERS AND HORSESHOE CRABS
CRUSTACEANS
CRABS
CENTIPEDES AND
MILLIPEDES
INSECTS
WINGLESS INSECTS
LICE, THRIPS AND WEBSPINNERS
DRAGONFLIES, MAYFLIES AND STONEFLIES
SRASSHOPPERS, KATYDIDS AND CRICKETS
STICK INSECTS, MANTISES AND COCKROACHES
TERMITES AND EARWIGS
TRUE BUGS
LACEWINGS CADDISFLIES AND FLEAS
BEETLES
FLIES
BUTTERFLIES
MOTHS
ANTS, BEES AND WASPS
ECHINODERMS
CHORDATES
SIMPLE CHORDATES
JAWLES S FISH
CARTILAGINOUS FISH
SHARKS
SKATES, RAYS AND RABBITFISH
BONY FISH
LUNGFISH, BICHIRS AND BONYTONGUES
HERRING AND THEIR RELATIVES
SALMON AND THEIR RELATIVES
BRISTLEMOUTHS AND HATCHETFISH
EELS
CARP AND THEIR RELATIVES
CHARACINS AND THEIR RELATIVES
CATFISH AND ELECTRIC EELS
TOADFISH AND ANGLERFISH
CODFISH AND THEIR RELATIVES
LIONFISH, DORIES AND OARFISH
FLYINGFISH GRUNIONS AND SEAHORSES
PERCH AND THEIR RELATIVES
TRIGGERFISH
FLATFISH
AMPHIBIANS
FROGS AND TOADS
SALAMANDERS AND CAECILIANS
REPTILES
CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS
LIZARDS AND TUATARAS
SNAKES
TURTLES AND TORTOISES
BIRDS
FLIGHTLESS BIRDS
DIVERS, GREBES AND PETRELS
PELICANS AND THEIR RELATIVES
HERONS AND THEIR RELATIVES
SWANS, GEESE AND DUCKS
BIRDS OF PREY
GAMEBIRDS
CRANES AND THEIR RELATIVES
SHOREBIRDS
SKUAS, GULLS AND TERNS
AUKS
PIGEONS AND DOVES
PARROTS
OWLS
NIGHTJARS AND FROGMOUTHS
CUCKOOS AND THEIR RELATIVES
SWIFTS AND HUMMINGBIRDS
TROGONS AND MOUSEBIRDS
KINGFISHERS AND THEIR RELATIVES
WOODPECKERS AND TOUCANS
PERCHING BIRDS
MAMMALS
EGG-LAYING MAMMALS
MARSUPIALS
ANTEATERS, ARMADILLOS, SLOTHS
PANGOLINS AND AARDVARKS
MOLES, HEDGEHOGS AND SHREWS
FLYING LEMURS AND TREE SHREWS
BATS
PRIMATES
RABBITS, HARES AND PIKAS
RODENTS
WHALES, DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES
DOGS AND FOXES
BEARS
PANDAS AND RACCOONS
MUSTELIDS
GENETS CIVETS AND MONGOOSES
HYENAS AND AARDWOLVES
CATS
SEALS SEALIONS AND MANATEES
ELEPHANTS
HYRAXES
HORSES, RHINOCEROSES AND TAPIRS
PIGS, PECCARIES AND HIPPOPOTAMUSES
CAMELS AND THEIR RELATIVES
DEER
GIRAFFES AND OKAPIS
PRONGHORNS
ANTELOPES, CATTLE AND THEIR REL ATIVES
GLOSSARY
INDEX