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Todos los mamíferos comparten ciertas características que los diferencian de las clases de animales. Sin embargo, algunos mamíferos viven en la tierra y otros mamíferos se pasan la vida en el agua, cada uno se adapta a su entorno. Mamíferos terrestres respiran oxígeno a través de las fosas nasales, pero algunos mamíferos marinos respiran a través de orificios nasales. Comparar y contrastar los mamíferos que viven en la tierra a los que viven...
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xxii, 500 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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"Beginning with the earliest days of our lineage some 325 million years ago, Brusatte charts how mammals survived the asteroid that claimed the dinosaurs and made the world their own, becoming the astonishingly diverse range of animals that dominate today's Earth. Brusatte also brings alive the lost worlds mammals inhabited through time, from ice ages to volcanic catastrophes. Entwined in this story is the detective work he and other scientists have...
5) Mammals
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101 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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Explores the world of mammals, including their origin, evolution, types, habitats, life cycle, and relations with people.
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384 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm.
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" This breathtakingly beautiful book brings readers nose-to-nose with all of the world's marine mammals-a comprehensive line-up of remarkable whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, walruses, otters, polar bears, dugongs, and manatees. A highly practical field guide, it combines state-of-the-art illustrations with superb color photographs and detailed maps. The book highlights key field marks and clearly summarizes the types of behaviors that marine-mammal...
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4 videodiscs (approximately 500 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Introduces us to the most diverse group of animals ever to live on this planet. From the smallest to the largest, from the slowest to the fastest, from the least attractive to the most irresistible. Looks at 4,000 species, including ones that have outlived the dinosaurs and conquered the farthest places on Earth. Examine how their adaptations for finding food have had an effect on the way they socialize, mate and live.
8) Mammal
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71 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
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Photographs and text examine the world of mammals, depicting their development, feeding habits, courtship rituals, protective behavior, and physical adaptation to their various ways of life.
10) Dolphins
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Friendly and fascinating, dolphins are one of nature's most intelligent animals. Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon has teamed up with the Smithsonian Institution to give you an expert view of these clever, curious, and mischievous mammals in a full-color photographic introduction.
11) Mammals
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48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 22 cm.
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This book helps to explore mammals, their adaptive features, habitats, relationship with humans and lots more.
Presents general information about mammals, looking at how much mammals can differ, what they have in common, where they can be found, how they reproduce, and how humans are among the most successful mammal species.
12) Mammals
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400 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm.
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"From woolly mammoths to saber-toothed cats, prehistoric mammals once roamed Earth. With beautiful and engaging illustrations, authentic photos, and accessible text, kids will learn all about these mighty mammals in this Level 2 reader" --
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44 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 27 cm.
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A simple and enlighting book that explains to children what marine mammals are, what they do, and how they live. An afterword--which includes a glossary and recommended books and websites--provides further detail for children and their parents about a wide variety of marine mammals.
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