Animal Life: Form and Function in the Animal Kingdom

by Jill Bailey

In a world occupied by creatures as diverse as gorillas, amoebas, herons, ticks, tapirs, and sea bass, the great variety of life in evidence throughout the animal kingdom is simply awe-inspiring. Scientists now believe that over 10 million species exist, inhabiting every corner of the earth--from the deserts of death valley to the depths of the Pacific Ocean to the arctic climes of Greenland. Some live for a day or less, others for more than a hundred...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195210840
• ISBN13: 9780195210842
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.4" x 11.8"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12