The Rarest of the Rare
Subtitle: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds
Publisher: Vintage
Published: January 14, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780679776239
Subjects: Gardening; Zoology & animal sciences; Wildlife; Nature; Nature/Ecology; Animals; Nature / Wildlife; Endangered species; Endangered ecosystems; Rare animals
First sentence: In daydreams I have seen its face: a bulbous head covered in silvery fur, with black buttonhook-shaped eyes, a snout on which springy nostrils open full like quotation marks, tiny tab-shaped ears, a spray of cat's whiskers, and many doughy chins.