Discovering The Animal Kingdom

Discovering the animal kingdom - synopsis Frontmatter (6pp) Introduction (4pp) Evolution (20pp) Timeline of life on Earth How life on Earth began How evolution works The first animals The animal family tree (covering the 30ish described animal phyla) Ongoing evolution Invertebrates (40pp) Overview of all invertebrates Sponges Cnidarians Echinoderms Molluscs Cephalopods Arthropods Spiders Crustaceans Insects Other invertebrates Vertebrates (86pp) Fish Sharks and rays Bony fish Leaving the seas Amphibians Reptiles Pterosaurs Dinosaurs Modern reptiles - snakes and lizards Modern reptiles - turtles and tortoises Modern reptiles - crocodilians Birds Bird evolution Overview of all bird orders Seabirds and water birds Birds of prey Flightless birds Songbirds Mammals Mammal evolution Monotremes and marsupials Afrotherians Insectivores Rodents and lagomorphs Bats Primates Carnivores Hoofed mammals Cetaceans Ecology and conservation (30pp) How ecosystems work Relationships between species Animal social behaviour Adaptation to change Conservation Extinction The future of animals Endmatter (6pp)

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• Obras de referência
• Vida selvagem: interesse geral
• Zoologia e ciências animais
• Evolução

Animal encyclopedia for animals; family reference book; with photographs; infographics; amphibians; mammals; insects; evolution; Neanderthals; homosapians; visual; illustrated; life on earth; David Attenborough; birds; reptiles; for kids aged 10; habitats; ecosystems