Grazers
By: edited by John P. Rafferty
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Britannica guide to predators and prey
Publisher: Britannica Educational Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9781615303366
Subjects: Mammals; Animal-plant relationships; Herbivores; Ecology; Ungulates
Description: Grazers all over the Earth provide nourishment for carnivores and are often valuable to humans for meat, skins, and various domestic uses. This volume provides a view of these varied and complex creatures as well as the features and behaviors that both bind them together and set them apart. --from publisher description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (324-326) and index.
Table of contents: title: Artiodactyls: even-toed ungulates; title: Deer; title: Antelopes; title: Sheep, goats, and their relatives; title: Cattle and swine; title: Camelids, giraffids, and hippopotamuses; title: Perissodactyls: odd-toed ungulates; title: Horses and other perissodactyls; title: Proboscideans; title: Lagomorphs and grazing marsupials.