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The Tenrecs : a study in mammalian behavior and evolution by Eisenberg, John Frederick.(CARDINAL)287620; Gould, Edwin,1933-joint author.(CARDINAL)293738;
Bibliography: pages 124-126.
Subjects: Tenrecs; Mammals;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Tenrec's twigs / by Kitchen, Bert.(CARDINAL)317188;
Seized with doubts about the value of the small buildings he constructs out of twigs, Tenrec goes from one jungle animal to the next asking for opinions.
Subjects: Fiction.; Jungle animals; Tenrecs;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Moles and hedgehogs : what they have in common / by Miller, Sara Swan.(CARDINAL)265501;
Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index.Discusses the characteristics of mammals known as insectivores, including hedgehogs, tenrecs, shrews, desmans, moles, and solenodons.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Afrosoricida; Eulipotyphla; Erinaceomorpha;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 9
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Prickly and soft animals / by Behm, Barbara,1952-(CARDINAL)362517; Camm, Martin,illustrator.(CARDINAL)197650; Francis, John,1942-illustrator.(CARDINAL)517222; Twinney, Dick,illustrator.(CARDINAL)773417;
Introduces ten animals that can be distinguished by how they feel to the touch, including the porcupine, galago, spiny anteater, chinchilla, stickleback, llama, hedgehog, giant panda, tenrec, and rabbit.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Animals; Animals;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Xenozoic / by Schultz, Mark,1955-author.(CARDINAL)360505; Fleskes, John,editor.(CARDINAL)688802;
Forced into hiding by a global ecological cataclysm, humans emerge from their underground warrens half a millennium later to discover that the Earth has been totally transformed. Now, scientist Hannah Dundee and ace mechanic Jack Tenrec must search for answers about their new world.Not rated.
Subjects: Science fiction comics.; Fantasy comics.; Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Fiction.; Regression (Civilization); Women scientists; Survival; Dinosaurs;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Wild Kratts. [videorecording]. by Kratt, Chris,television director,screenwriter,creator,voice actor.(CARDINAL)644356; Kratt, Martin,television director,screenwriter, creator.voice actor.(CARDINAL)644357; PBS Distribution (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)309769; PBS for Kids,publisher.(CARDINAL)343475;
Voices: Chris Kratt, Martin Kratt.To the creature rescue! Join Chris Kratt and Martin Kratt as they embark on more than twenty action-packed adventures! Together, the brothers spring into action to rescue an injured endangered Florida panther and recover Aviva's precious family heirloom from the leaping Caracal cat.Rating: TV-Y.DVD, wide screen (16x9), stereo.
Subjects: Children's television programs.; Wildlife television programs.; Action and adventure television programs.; Nature television programs.; Environmental television programs.; Animated television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Television series.; Animals; Wildlife conservation; Animal ecology; Brothers; Zoologists;
Available copies: 27 / Total copies: 34
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Skulls : an exploration of Alan Dudley's curious collection / by Winchester, Simon,author.(CARDINAL)124439; Mann, Nick,photographer.(CARDINAL)322361;
Amphibians. Frogs -- Newts -- Birds. Seabirds -- Birds of prey -- Game birds -- Kingfishers and hornbills -- Toucans and woodpeckers -- Nightjars and swifts -- Cassowaries, ostriches, and rheas -- Owls -- Parrots -- Passerines (perching birds) -- Penguins -- Pigeons -- Wading birds -- Waterbirds -- Fish. Spiny-finned fish -- Piranha and catfish -- Eels -- Codlike fish and frogfish -- Pike -- Bowfish -- Mammals. Aardvarks -- Armadillos -- Bandicoots -- Pangolins -- Bats -- Carnivores -- Egg-laying mammals -- Even-toed ungulates -- Odd-toed ungulates -- Flying lemurs -- Hedgehogs -- Marsupials -- Moles and shrews -- Opossums -- Primates -- Rabbits and hares -- Rodents -- Sloths -- Tenrecs -- Treeshrews -- Hyraxes -- Elephants -- Whales and dolphins -- Reptiles. Crocodiles -- Lizards and snakes -- Turtles.Tells the rich and fascinating story of skulls, both human and animal, from every perspective imaginable: historical, biographical, cultural, and iconographic. Presenting details about the parts of the skull (including the cranium, the mandible, the shape and positioning of the eye sockets, and species-specific features like horns, teeth, beaks and bills), information about the science and pseudoscience of skulls, and a look at skulls in religion, art and popular culture, his stories and information are riveting and enlightening.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Dudley, Alan, 1957-; Skull;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Genius noses : a curious animal compendium / by Anlauf, Lena,author.(CARDINAL)878517; Konstantinov, Vitali,illustrator.(CARDINAL)542950; Yarbrough, Marshall,translator.(CARDINAL)632880;
Includes bibliographical references (page 52) and index."Which animal can smell underwater? Which one uses their nose as a snorkel? What can animals do with their noses besides smell? Noses can tell us a lot about animal habits and habitats. An animal collection of special species from around the world- filledwith amazing facts celebrating the diversity in nature. "Fascinating insights into the world of animal noses, whether small, large, round or star-shaped. You learn a lot of new things here."-Dr. Pascal Marty, Curator, Zurich Zoo"--Grades 2-3Ages 8-12
Subjects: Nose; Nose;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 15
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Nature at night : discover the hidden world that comes alive after dark / by Hood, Charles,1959-author.(CARDINAL)897961;
Introduction -- From dotterels to dragonflies: The miracle of migration -- Owls and nightjars: Moonlight's mystery birds -- Here come the moths! Plant pollination after dark -- Kit foxes, caracals, and k-rats: Deserts around the world -- Tapirs, tenrecs, and tarantulas: Life on the forest floor -- Pumas, ocelots, and kodkods: A cornucopia of cats -- Vampires, bulldogs, and free-tails: A bonanza of bats -- Lemurs, lorises, and night monkeys: Nocturnal primates -- Dolphins, diatoms, and the great elevator of life: Oceans after dark -- Fireflies, foxfire, and phosphorescent waves: Things that glow in the night -- The starlight smells like music: A rainforest case study -- Acknowledgments -- Photo credits -- Index."Nature doesn't simply stop for 12 hours when the sun goes down. This popular science book explores the mysteries of the natural world that most of us never see. In Monterey, night-feeding dolphins chase nocturnal squid which have made a vertical migration to the surface while manta rays beat the waves with their wings to make the bioluminescent plankton light up so they can see (and eat) it. In Borneo, bats nestle into pitcher plants. High above the Indian Ocean, transcontinental dragonflies migrate from India to Africa. Desert plants pulse and flex as they mend tissue and redistribute water in the darkness. Charles Hood takes us on several journeys to observe the rich, diverse wildlife that come alive under the cover of night"--
Subjects: Informational works.; Nocturnal animals.; Nocturnal animals;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 12
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The song of the dodo : island biogeography in an age of extinctions / by Quammen, David,1948-author.(CARDINAL)326293; Ellingsen, Kris,cartographer.(CARDINAL)334707;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 648-671) and index.Thirty-six Persian throw rugs -- The man who knew islands -- So huge a bignes -- Rarity unto death -- Preston's bell -- The coming thing -- The hedgehog of the Amazon -- The song of the Indri -- World in pieces -- Message from Aru.Thirty years ago, two young biologists named Robert MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson triggered a far-reaching scientific revolution. In a book titled The Theory of Island Biogeography, they presented a new view of a little-understood matter: the geographical patterns in which animal and plant species occur. Why do marsupials exist in Australia and South America, but not in Africa? Why do tigers exist in Asia, but not in New Guinea? Influenced by MacArthur and Wilson's book, an entire generation of ecologists has recognized that island biogeography - the study of the distribution of species on islands and islandlike patches of landscape - yields important insights into the origin and extinction of species everywhere. The new mode of thought focuses particularly on a single question: Why have island ecosystems always suffered such high rates of extinction? In our own age, with all the world's landscapes, from Tasmania to the Amazon to Yellowstone, now being carved into islandlike fragments by human activity, the implications of island biogeography are more urgent than ever. Until now, this scientific revolution has remained unknown to the general public. But over the past eight years, David Quammen has followed its threads on a globe-circling journey of discovery. In Madagascar, he has considered the meaning of tenrecs, a group of strange, prickly mammals native to that island. On the island of Guam, he has confronted a pestilential explosion of snakes and spiders. In these and other places, he has prowled through wild terrain with extraordinary scientists who study unusual beasts. The result is The Song of the Dodo, a book filled with landscape, wonder, and ideas. Besides being a grand outdoor adventure, it is, above all, a wake-up call to the age of extinctions.
Subjects: Island ecology.; Endangered species.; Biogeography.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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