Encyclopedia of Animals

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A-Z Animals follow’s the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species definitions of threatened and endangered animals. Written by an international team of specialists, spectacularly adorned with a gallery of more than 2,000 color illustrations, and supplemented with distribution maps, detailed and beautifully rendered diagrams, and some of the world's finest wildlife photographs, this volume will become the standard by which all others are measured. You'll meet more than 1,000 animals as you explore the pages of National Geographic Encyclopedia of Animals. Common Name Aardvark Number Of Species 18 Location Sub-Saharan Africa Slogan Can move 2ft of soil in just 15 seconds!

Humans have developed more advanced teeth than the primitive 12-14 that aardvarks possess, yet aardvarks are still able to consume 50,000 ants and termites in one night with their sticky tongues. Eurasian Animals– Eurasia has some of the rarest animals in the world, like Siberian Tigers and Snow Leopards. Central American Animals– Discover the the nearly 400 different animals we track in Central America today. With some larger ant species that need to be chewed, they use the incisors that are located towards the back of their mouths.Marine (Ocean) Animals– The ocean is teaming with life, from the smallest shrimp to the largest animal ever – the Blue Whale! Explanations for their eerie grandeur abound, though no one can quite agree on their mysterious meaning. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page. Celebrate your child's curiosity as they complete the collection and discover diverse facts about the world around them. There are over 1 million known animal species and more than 98% of those are insects, which are indeed animals.

An ocean separates them with anteaters living in Central and South America and aardvarks living in Africa. Asian Animals– Asia has the world’s longest coastline, and an amazing diversity of exotic animals, birds, and more.Under the terms of the licence agreement, an individual user may print out a PDF of a single entry from a reference work in OR for personal use (for details see Privacy Policy and Legal Notice). Fish” is a term used to refer to lampreys, sharks, coelacanths and ray-finned fishes, but is not a taxonomic group, which is a clade or group containing a common ancestor and all its descendants. There's also a glossary to help with all the new terms you'll be learning, and a comprehensive index makes it easy to find just the animal you need for that report you're writing or just to satisfy your curiosity. The Encyclopedia includes an introductory overview of animal evolution, biology, behavior, classification, habitats, and current conservation issues.