The Kingfisher Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia is a breathtaking safari through the animal kingdom.It covers over 2,000 animals, from the tiniest protozoa to the mightiest mammal, spanning the Earth, pole to pole. Comprehensive yet easy-to-use, it will absorb,inform and fascinate children and adults alike. With hundreds of dramatic photographs and illustrations,this mine of information is a captivating and indispensable reference book for the whole family.

ll animal life is to be found within the pages of The Kingfisher Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia. It has never been easier to discover the wonders of the animal kingdom. The encyclopedia is arranged with refreshing simplicity; it is divided into vertebrates and invertebrates,and covers every animal group from the smallest to the largest. Each entry deseribes the eharaeteristies, behaviour and distribution of a particular animal and gives its Latin name. Individual entries are eomplemented by eolour-eoded panels that foeus on topics such as metamorphosis,eamouflage and hibernation.Featuring a comprehensive glossary and index, The Kingfisher Illustrated Animal Encyclopedia celebrates the extraordinary range of creatures found on our planet.

INTRODUCTION

CLASSIFICATION

SIMPLE ANIMALS

CNIDARIANS

FLATWORMS AND

ROUNDWORMS

SEGMENTED WORMS

MOLLUSCS

CHITONS AND TUSK SHELLS

GASTROPODS

BIVALVES

CEPHALOPODS

ARACHNIDS

SPIDERS

SCORPIONS, TICKS AND MITES

SEA SPIDERS AND HORSESHOE CRABS

CRUSTACEANS

CRABS

CENTIPEDES AND

MILLIPEDES

INSECTS

WINGLESS INSECTS

LICE, THRIPS AND WEBSPINNERS

DRAGONFLIES, MAYFLIES AND STONEFLIES

SRASSHOPPERS, KATYDIDS AND CRICKETS

STICK INSECTS, MANTISES AND COCKROACHES

TERMITES AND EARWIGS

TRUE BUGS

LACEWINGS CADDISFLIES AND FLEAS

BEETLES

FLIES

BUTTERFLIES

MOTHS

ANTS, BEES AND WASPS

ECHINODERMS

CHORDATES

SIMPLE CHORDATES

JAWLES S FISH

CARTILAGINOUS FISH

SHARKS

SKATES, RAYS AND RABBITFISH

BONY FISH

LUNGFISH, BICHIRS AND BONYTONGUES

HERRING AND THEIR RELATIVES

SALMON AND THEIR RELATIVES

BRISTLEMOUTHS AND HATCHETFISH

EELS

CARP AND THEIR RELATIVES

CHARACINS AND THEIR RELATIVES

CATFISH AND ELECTRIC EELS

TOADFISH AND ANGLERFISH

CODFISH AND THEIR RELATIVES

LIONFISH, DORIES AND OARFISH

FLYINGFISH GRUNIONS AND SEAHORSES

PERCH AND THEIR RELATIVES

TRIGGERFISH

FLATFISH

AMPHIBIANS

FROGS AND TOADS

SALAMANDERS AND CAECILIANS

REPTILES

CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS

LIZARDS AND TUATARAS

SNAKES

TURTLES AND TORTOISES

BIRDS

FLIGHTLESS BIRDS

DIVERS, GREBES AND PETRELS

PELICANS AND THEIR RELATIVES

HERONS AND THEIR RELATIVES

SWANS, GEESE AND DUCKS

BIRDS OF PREY

GAMEBIRDS

CRANES AND THEIR RELATIVES

SHOREBIRDS

SKUAS, GULLS AND TERNS

AUKS

PIGEONS AND DOVES

PARROTS

OWLS

NIGHTJARS AND FROGMOUTHS

CUCKOOS AND THEIR RELATIVES

SWIFTS AND HUMMINGBIRDS

TROGONS AND MOUSEBIRDS

KINGFISHERS AND THEIR RELATIVES

WOODPECKERS AND TOUCANS

PERCHING BIRDS

MAMMALS

EGG-LAYING MAMMALS

MARSUPIALS

ANTEATERS, ARMADILLOS, SLOTHS

PANGOLINS AND AARDVARKS

MOLES, HEDGEHOGS AND SHREWS

FLYING LEMURS AND TREE SHREWS

BATS

PRIMATES

RABBITS, HARES AND PIKAS

RODENTS

WHALES, DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES

DOGS AND FOXES

BEARS

PANDAS AND RACCOONS

MUSTELIDS

GENETS CIVETS AND MONGOOSES

HYENAS AND AARDWOLVES

CATS

SEALS SEALIONS AND MANATEES

ELEPHANTS

HYRAXES

HORSES, RHINOCEROSES AND TAPIRS

PIGS, PECCARIES AND HIPPOPOTAMUSES

CAMELS AND THEIR RELATIVES

DEER

GIRAFFES AND OKAPIS

PRONGHORNS

ANTELOPES, CATTLE AND THEIR REL ATIVES

GLOSSARY

INDEX