DK - Animal Ultimate Handbook: The Need-to-Know Facts and Stats on More Than 200 Animals

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How this book works What is an animal? MAMMALS What is a mammal? Sun bear & Giant panda Camel & Dromedary ca mel Vicuna & W ild ass Lion & Leopard Head-to-head! Cheetah vs. Ca pe springbok Ground pangolin & A frican hun ting dog European hedgehog & Meerkat W olverine & Brown-throated sloth Crested porcupine & Duck-billed platypus Koala & Red kangaroo Bottlenose dolphin & Narwhal Harbor seal & Walr us Amazonian manatee & Sea otter Snow leopard & Ca racal Puma & Am ur tiger The watering hole Head-to-head! Kangaroo r at vs . Cat ea Proboscis monkey & Emperor t amarin Ring-tailed lemur Slow loris & Quokka Southern gira e & A merican bison Grizzly bear & Po lar bear Moose & Reindeer Etruscan shrew & Kittis hog nosed bat Communication Przewalskis horse & P lains zebr a Blue whale Domesticated animals Eastern lowland gorilla & Sumatr an or angutan Common chimpanzee & Human Head-to-head! American pygmy shrew vs. Bee hummingbird Capybara & Sho-tailed chinchilla Mountain goat & Malayan tapir

AMPHIBIANS What is an amphibian? Axolotl Green tree f rog & Great crested newt Argentine horned frog & Mandarin salamander Golden poison frog Head-to-head! Wal laces ying frog v s. Sunda colugo Red salamander & White s tree fro g California newt & T om ato frog Chinese giant salamander Head-to-head! Striped rocket frog v s. Red kangaroo Leapfrog European re salamander & Y el low-banded frog Red-eyed tree f rog & W ood frog Skilled defenders Head-to-head! Dung beetle vs. African el ephant Mudpuppy & Olm Mexican burrowing t oad & Surinam toad Hairy frog & Purple f rog Wallac es ying frog FISH What is a sh? Life on t he reef Pacic sea nettle & A nglersh Spotted eagle ra y & Bennets ying sh Red-bellied pira nha & Leafy seadr agon Atlantic mudskipper & Y el low boxsh Red lionsh & Green parrotsh Sea lamprey & Long-spine porcupinesh Head-to-head! Sydney funnel-web spider vs. Reef s tonesh Tas sled scorp ionsh & Giant manta ra y Stonesh & Catsh Long-snouted seahorse & Neon t etra Cownose ra y & Giant oarsh Betta & Ora nge clownsh Austra lian ghost shark & Ze bra s hark Swordsh Head-to-head! Cuviers beaked w hale vs. Mariana snailsh Migration Psychedelic frogsh & X-ra y sh Electr ic eel & European eel Head-to-head! Bowhead whale v s. Greenland shark Great white shark Longhorn cow sh

BIRDS What is a bird? Wanderi ng albatross Head-to-head! Arctic tern v s. Wi ldebeest California condor & Brown pelican Atlantic pun & Snowy owl Greater am ingo & Secretary bird Andean condor Bee hummingbird Animal diets Emu & King penguin Mute swan & Blakiston sh owl Mandarin duck Common touc an & Common kin gsher Golden eagle & W hite-bellied sea eagle Head-to-head! Common swi vs. Mexican fr ee-tailed bat Kookaburr a & F rigate bird Scissor-t ailed yca tcher & Long-tailed w idowbird Great blue heron & Shoebill Master weavers Blue tit & Blue-throated hummingbird Common ra ven & Scarlet maca w Head-to-head! Eagle vs. Mantis shrimp Indian peafowl & Bald eagle Ostrich & Southern cass owary Red kite & Lappet- fac ed vulture Dinosaurs Crow & Starling Owlet nightjar & Taw ny frogmouth Victoria crowned pigeon REPTILES What is a reptile? Yel low bellied slider & Green anole Banded sea kr ait & Green iguana Kuhls yi ng gecko & A rmadillo lizard Green sea tule & Green basilisk Slow worm & Tok ay gecko Spectacled caiman & King co bra Leatherback tule & Fying dr agon Five-lined skink & Golden t ree snake Big headed tule & Ameri can alligator Head-to-head! Sea tule v s. T ar digra de Parad ise tree snake & Bearded dr agon Thorny devil & Rough green snake Californ ia legless lizard & Namaqua chameleon Gaboon viper & Af rican shovel-snouted lizard Sandsh skink & Tua tara Tex as thread snake & Jacksons chameleon Galpagos tooise Class ifying creatures Head-to-head! Saltwater croco dile vs. Great white shark Frille d lizard & Black mamba Komodo dra gon Green anaconda