2,500 Animals with Photos, Maps, and More!
Hey, why is that funny-looking monkey on TV hanging upside down? Is that fuzzy, chubby guy in the back yard a woodchuck or a groundhog? Now you can find answers to these and hundreds more questions and curiosities right at your fingertips! Featuring 2,500 species and packed with stunning color photographs, amazing animal facts, maps, and more, the new National Geographic Kids Animal Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive on the market today, amazing and entertaining readers, while providing them with authoritative information about the animal kingdom. Kids love to look at animals and this book showcases more than 1,000 gorgeous color photographs as only National Geographic--the leader in wildlife photography--can. Thematic spreads take readers through animal homes and habitats, senses and communication, life cycle and babies, movement and migration, defenses, camouflage, and adaptation, and endangered animals and conservation. Special features in each section include ANIMAL PROFILES spreads that focus in-depth on a particular animal and ANIMAL RECORDS spreads that highlight superlatives such as fastest, tallest, smallest, etc. Exclusive FROM-THE-FIELD reports, that focus on National Geographic explorers and their stories about the animals they study, can only be found in this animal encyclopedia, adding to its entertainment and educational value.Animals are organized by taxonomy within each section (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates), accompanied by common and scientific name, fact boxes (featuring lifespan, habitat, and size) and text describing diet, special features, and any other pertinent information. Symbols representing conservation and habitat status highlight a high-interest topic for kids, while color-coding on each section provides for ease of navigation. Backmatter will include a listing of animal species along with basic information including name (scientific and common), lifespan, diet, size, and habitat. A comprehensive glossary, index, and "find out more" section round out this must-have resource
為什麼電視裡的猴子要倒掛在樹上？後院那些胖嘟嘟的傢伙是土潑鼠還是美洲旱獺？現在這些你好奇已久、稀奇古怪的動物問題，都可以在這本書找到答案！
《終極動物百科》是一本適合全家人隨時翻閱的自然科學讀物，書中收錄了2500種動物、最精采的動物攝影作品和獨一無二的田野報告，帶你走進驚人的野外世界。
本書分為八個部份，第一章介紹動物特點，如生命週期、繁殖方式、感官交流、棲息地、對環境的適應、瀕危的物種與動物保護等，以全觀的方式讓你對動物們有一初步的瞭解。接著的第二章到第七章開始依次介紹不同類別的動物：哺乳動物、鳥類、爬行動物、兩棲動物、魚類和無脊椎動物。第八章則是動物清單，包括1000多種前面為提及的動物，清單裡的動物涵蓋書中全部6個分類（哺乳動物、鳥類、爬行動物、兩棲動物、魚類和無脊椎動物），並且還注明了每種動物的俗名與學名、體型、食性、分佈地區、棲息地等資訊。
每一章開頭都以簡單介紹搭配圖片，極盡詳細的介紹動物的身體構造和分類。並且會把一大類動物分成不同的小類逐一介紹，無論是關鍵特徵還是趣味知識全都一網打盡。從俗名學名的叫法到瀕危的程度，從棲息地、分佈地區到吃葷還是吃素，每一物種都有專屬簡介，所有動物迷好奇的事情、各種關於動物卻令人意想不到的事實都可以在書中找到。此外，透過精美的圖表，可以更清晰地看到動物的生命週期、聲納系統、體型比較等，是目前最全面、最權威的動物百科全書。
本書特色
2500個物種依據生物類別組織性分類，收錄：哺乳動物、兩棲生物、鳥類、爬行動物
利用表格標示動物壽命、棲息地、體積，並用文字描述飲食習慣、生活習性以及特殊資訊
․最精采的動物攝影作品和獨一無二的動物資訊，帶小朋友走進驚人的動物世界
By Lucy Spelman, Hardcover Traditional Chinese characters, 296 pages, 11.4"x8.7"
