East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume 3, Part B
Subtitle: Large Mammals (East African Mammals)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: December 29, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780226437224
Subjects: Evolution; Reference works; Pets; Animals; Nature/Ecology; Africa; General; Mammals; Pets / General; Africa, East
First sentence: To a human the elephant is one of the most impressive animals on earth and its extraordinary and gigantic architecture illustrates the importance of viewing animals in the evolutionary dimensions of time and seeing their form in functional terms.