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Developed and edited by Valmik Thapar, one of our foremost wildlife experts, the book is dividedinto three sections. The first section, `Thoughts from Elsewhere`, written by Thapar, takes thereader on a quick tour of the country`s natural heritage in the twenty-first century. It providesan overview of mammalian distribution, the characteristics of individual species, the evolutionof the country`s wildlife habitats, threats to the environment and much else besides. The secondsection, `The Wildlife Chronicles`collects the finest accounts of India`s animals from the firstcentury onwards. It has stories about the great predators-tigers, leopards, snow leopards,lions, golden cats and others; magnificent herbivores like the elephant, rhino, wild ox and thevarious species of deer and antelope; evocative accounts of some of the most striking animalsin the country including monkeys, squirrels and other arboreal creatures; as well as reports ofrare sightings of river dolphins, bats, shrews and other lesser-known members of the animalkingdom. Contributors to this section include travellers, hunters, writers, photographers andnaturalists such as Pliny the Elder, Ibn Battuta, Babur, Akbar, Francois Bernier, Isabel Savory,Jim Corbett, George Schaller, Kenneth Anderson, M. Krishnan, E.R.C. Davidar, Peter Jacksonand Ruskin Bond. The third section, `Wild Fire`, contains a selection of some of the finestphotographs ever taken of India`s mammals.
ISBN - 9789383064687
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Pages : 510
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