Mammals

DK Smithsonian Handbooks

by Juliet Clutton-Brock

The most visually appealing guides to the natural world that one can buy. Packed with superb full-color photography, detailed descriptions, and highlights of key facts, Mammals is the latest addition to the Smithsonian Handbook series. Including more than 500 profiles each with its own spread, there isn't a more reliable identification guide on the market.

Genres: Animals, Nonfiction, Science, Reference, Nature, Childrens

400 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

About the author

Juliet Clutton-Brock, FSA, FZS was an English zooarchaeologist and curator, specializing in domesticated mammals. From 1969 to 1993, she worked at the Natural History Museum. Between 1999 and 2006, she was the managing editor of the Journal of Zoology.

Reviews

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am so excited that I (finally) finished this. It was a random pick up from a library trip, and it reminded me so much of a book I got from my home library where I grew up. This one is a LOT of information, and took a while to get through, but I loved that there was photos and the same information on each of the mammals it shared. I look forward to reading and learning more about mammals, animals and more!

[Malini · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is great for those who want to be a veterinarian, zoologist, or anyone who wants to work with animals. This book describes a mammal, like a bat, and how it lives, what it does, and what it eats and things like that. It is a very interesting book to read if someone likes or is interested in animals. This book is basically the Animal Channel put into words and in your hands. Instead of a boring voice talking about different animals, you can read at your pace and find it interesting on your own. The author basically talks to people who likes animals and the book is the author’s way of talking to her audience. The author might have considered younger readers because although there are many pages to the book, the words are easy to understand unlike other informative books. Not all of the words are easy to understand, but the author provided definitions to the words in the book to make sure the readers can keep up with what she is saying. Clutton-Brock also provided pictures of the animals so when she describes an animal you can see what parts of the animal she is describing. The different parts of the animal is also labeled in order to make the parts easier to spot. This book is overall good for research on different animals and good for young readers to have an interest if they have thought of working with animals. Mammals does not provide information in the basic house pet, but information on animals that you do not see often around Moreno Valley. I thought this book was interesting because I learned many different pieces of information on many different types of mammals.

[peggy · Rating 4 out of 5]

因為生物分類這個領域不斷變動的關係，這本書的分類有許多已過時，但還是很想買來收藏，可惜已經絕版了。

[A Hoppy Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars
This is actually really fun to flip through.

[Nic · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great reference for worldbuilding, and full of fun facts.