Jean-Jacques Petter

Gebundenes Buch

Primates of the World

An Illustrated Guide

Beschreibung

A guide to the world's primates covers nearly 300 species, from the feather-light and solitary pygmy mouse lemurs of Madagascar - among the smallest primates known to exist - to regal mountain gorillas of Africa. This book features 72 splendid color plates, facing-page descriptions of key features of each family, and 86 color distribution maps.

Autor

Jean-Jacques Petter (1927-2002) was a world authority on lemurs and one of France's leading primatologists. He was a research fellow at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. François Desbordes is one of France's premier wildlife illustrators. Robert Martin is the A. Watson Armour III Curator of Biological Anthropology at the Field Museum in Chicago.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 210mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 924g
• ISBN-13: 9780691156958
• ISBN-10: 0691156956
• Artikelnr.: 38050283