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1) Quagga
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm.
Language
English
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The quagga went extinct more than 100 years ago. It was closely related to the modern-day plains zebra. The quagga had a distinctive stripe pattern that faded to brown toward its hind legs. Learn more about this remarkable animal in Quagga, an Extinct Animals book.-Amazon-
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256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
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A photograph of an extinct animal evokes a greater feeling of loss than any painting ever could. Often black and white or tinted sepia, these remarkable images have been taken mainly in zoos or wildlife parks, and in some cases depict the last known individual of the species. Lost Animals is a photographic record of extinction, featuring photographs dating from around 1870 to as recently as 2004, the year of the demise of the Hawaiian Po'ouli. From...
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xix, 364 pages : illustations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Great Lakes -- Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior -- hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan's compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right...
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