Bats
An Illustrated Guide to All Species
$81.47
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
9 April 2019
Summary
The Ultimate Illustrated Guide to All Known Bat Species
Bats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species explores bats and their fundamental role in our ecosystems through lavish full-color photographs and lively narrative. From the Giant Golden Crowned Flying Fox, a megabat with a wingspan of more than five feet, to the aptly named Bumblebee Bat, the world’s smallest mammal, the number and diversity of bat species have proven to be both rich and underestimated.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781588346476 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1588346471 |
| Author: | Marianne Taylor, Merlin Tuttle |
| Publisher: | Smithsonian Books |
| Imprint: | Smithsonian Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 9 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 1.21kg |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 175mm x 247mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
“Going far beyond the practical value of a guidebook, this is an important update to bat literature and one to savor, containing a wonder on nearly every page and proving that bats are indeed ‘intelligent, curious, comical, even essential animals.”
—Library Journal, starred review
Marianne Taylor
MARIANNE TAYLOR is a writer, illustrator, and photographer who has worked in natural history publishing at Bloomsbury Publishing and Birdwatch magazine and has authored more than a dozen books.
MERLIN TUTTLE is an American ecologist, conservationist, and wildlife photographer who specializes in bat ecology, behavior, and conservation. His most recent book is The Secret Lives of Bats: My Adventures with the World’s Most Misunderstood Mammals.
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