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Capstone Global Library

Date de parution

06 juillet 2012

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9781406253016

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English

Poids de l'ouvrage

4 Mo

Books in the Extreme Animals series reveal examples of some of the most bizarre, amazing, and extreme animals in the world. This book looks at marvellous mammals, including prickly porcupines, poisonous platypuses, and terrible tigers.

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Publié par

Capstone Global Library

Date de parution

06 juillet 2012

EAN13

9781406253016

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

4 Mo

E TREME ANIMALS X

MARVELLOUS MAMMALS Isabel Thomas

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Edited by Daniel Nunn, John-Paul Wilkins, and Rebecca Rissman Designed by Philippa Jenkins Picture research by Elizabeth Alexander Production by Victoria Fitzgerald Originated by Capstone Global Library Printed and bound in China by CTPS

ISBN 978 1 406 23779 5 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Thomas, Isabel Marvellous mammals. -- (Extreme animals) 599-dc22 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Alamy p. 4 (© Michael Patrick O’Neill); Corbis pp. 16, 17 (© Ken Catania/Visuals Unlimited); FLPA pp. 15 (© Mandal Ranjit), 18 (Michael & Patricia Fogden/Minden Pictures); Getty Images pp. 8 (Danita Delimont/Gallo Images), 12 (Martin Harvey/ Gallo Images), 14 (Nigel Dennis/Gallo Images), 23 (Kevin Schafer/Stone); iStockphoto pp. 11 (© YinYang), 26 (© steve greer); Nature Picture Library pp. 13 (© Dave Watts), 27 (© Edwin Giesbers); Photolibrary pp. 6 (Tim Jackson/OSF), 7 (Ed Reschke/Peter Arnold Images), 19 (Maurice Tibbles/OSF), 21 (Tom Brakeﬁeld/White), 24 (Thomas Haider/OSF), 25 (Brigitte Marcon/Bios); Shutterstock pp. 5 (© Cheryl Ann Quigley), 9 (© Anke van Wyk), 10 (© Noo), 20 (© enciktat), 22 (© Lukich).

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