The Animal Kingdom

The Animal Kingdom is an epochal work in the field of natural history. Written by seven eminent naturalists on the staffs of the American Museum of Natural History and the New York Zoological Society, it has been four years in preparation, and comprises over two thousand pages and six hunded thousand words of authentic and interesting information about the wildlife of the world. It is far and away the most complete, authoritative, and up-to-date natural history in the English language today. The Animal Kindom will supply you with the knowledge you need if you are to understand the animals that share the world in which you live. Based on the most recent research and investigation, this great work explains simply and colorfully the intimate lives of wild animals, both common and exotic, of all lands--not only the mammals, but the birds, amphibians, reptiles, fishes, insects and other invertebrates. The writers tell you how you can recognize each important animal, where it lives, its habits, courtship, family life, how it raises its young, how it combats enemies and gets its food, and a wealth of other fascinating information--in short, the animal's natural history.