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The Wild Cat Book: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Cats
Fiona Sunquist
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Description for The Wild Cat Book: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Cats
Hardback. From the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, to the prophet Muhammad's favorite cat, Muezza, and our contemporary obsession with online cat videos, felines have long held a place of honor in their human counterparts' homes and cultures. This book highlights the grave threats faced by the world's wild cats. Num Pages: 280 pages, 137 colour plates, 34 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: WNCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1150.
From the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, to the prophet Muhammad's favorite cat, Muezza, and our contemporary obsession with online cat videos, felines have long held a place of honor in their human counterparts' homes and cultures. But the domestic cat is just one of many feline species, and in The Wild Cat Book cat experts Fiona and Mel Sunquist introduce us to the full panoply of the purring, roaring feline tribe. Illustrated throughout with Terry Whittaker's spectacular color photographs as well as unique photos from biologists in the field - some the only known images of the species pictured ... Read more
From the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, to the prophet Muhammad's favorite cat, Muezza, and our contemporary obsession with online cat videos, felines have long held a place of honor in their human counterparts' homes and cultures. But the domestic cat is just one of many feline species, and in The Wild Cat Book cat experts Fiona and Mel Sunquist introduce us to the full panoply of the purring, roaring feline tribe. Illustrated throughout with Terry Whittaker's spectacular color photographs as well as unique photos from biologists in the field - some the only known images of the species pictured ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226780269
SKU
V9780226780269
Shipping Time
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About Fiona Sunquist
Fiona Sunquist is a science writer, photographer, and for fifteen years was a roving editor for International Wildlife Magazine. Mel Sunquist is professor emeritus in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Together they are the authors of Florida: The Ecotravellers' Wildlife Guide, Tiger Moon: Tracking the Great Cats in Nepal, and Wild Cats ... Read more
Reviews for The Wild Cat Book: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Cats
"An essential guide for fellnophiles and a valuable handbook for conservation professionals." (New Scientist) "Magnificent.... The book contains a life-time of knowledge that has been carefully and logically documented to make the book user-friendly to a wide cross-section of readers.... A fascinating learning experience.... Put this one on the top of your list." (Cat Fancy)"