What does a sea cow look like? Where does the vampire bat get its name? What is a pocket gopher? With informative and lively text, beautiful illustrations and special features, Animals of the World answers these questions and many more.
Young readers are taken across the continents and introduced to many of the world's animal species - to the well-known, the surprising, and those that are endangered. Author Mark Carwardine is a zoologist, writer and photographer. He has worked as a conservationist for the World Wide Fund for Nature and the United Nations. He is a regular contributor to radio and TV wildlife programmes, and has written over thirty books.