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OverviewFrom the African long-tongued fruit bat to the wrinkle-faced bat of Mexico and Central America, ""Walker's Bats of the World"" is a guide to this beneficial and varied order of mammals. It includes scientific and common names, as well as the number and distribution of species, measurements and physical traits, habitat, daily and seasonal activity, population dynamics, home range, social life, reproduction and longevity. Textual summaries represent accurate, well-documented descriptions of the physical characteristics and living habits of bats in every part of the world. Endangered species and those having singular economic importance are given particular attention. Illustrated with pictures by noted wildlife photographers, the book includes photographs of many rarely seen bats. As in the complete ""Walker's Mammals"", most photographic illustrations depict live animals rather than skins or skeletons. Since publication of the first edition in 1964, ""Walker's Mammals of the World"" has become a useful guide to the natural world for general readers and a reference for professionals. Now ""Walker's Bats"" makes a significant portion of that work accessible to a new audience. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ronald M. Nowak , Thomas H. Kunz , Elizabeth D. PiersonPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.30cm Weight: 0.712kg ISBN: 9780801849862ISBN 10: 0801849861 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 01 December 1994 Recommended Age: From 18 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsReviewsAmazing black-and-white photos of these truly otherworldy flying mammals in this definitive encyclopedia for lay and scholarly readers alike. --'San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle' Amazing black-and-white photos of these truly otherworldy flying mammals in this definitive encyclopedia for lay and scholarly readers alike. San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle Author InformationErnest P. Walker (1891-1969) began work on Mammals of the World in the early 1930s, when he became assistant director of the National Zoo in Washington. Ronald M. Nowak is the author of the fourth and fifth editions of Walker's Mammals of the World. His other works on mammalogy include North American Quaternary Canis and several parts of the National Geographic Society's Wild Animals of North America, for which he also was editorial consultant. He received a doctorate in biology from the University of Kansas in 1973 and has worked as a mammalogist ever since. He lives in Falls Church, Virginia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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