Animal Ultimate Handbook: The Need-to-Know Facts and Stats on More Than 200 Animals

by DK

Overview

Discover everything you need to know about the animal kingdom in this essential, fact-filled ebook.

Take a tour of the animal kingdom and learn everything there is to know about the wildlife that inhabits the Earth in this complete guide to animals.

The latest title in DK's popular Ultimate Handbook series takes you on a journey of a lifetime as you discover some of the world's most incredible mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. Whether you are trekking through the hot and humid rainforest, exploring the dark depths of the ocean, or climbing the snow-capped, icy mountains, you will learn all about some of the extraordinary animals that live on Earth.

This ultimate kids' factbook in ebook format includes must-know facts and stats about more than 200 species of animals, from where they live to how they communicate with one another, and much, much more. With modern, detailed illustrations and unique information checked by our own animal expert, this ebook is perfect for inquisitive, young animal-lovers. With this informative ebook, you will learn to tell your dolphins from your porpoises, predators from your prey, and carnivores from your herbivores.

DK's Animal Ultimate Handbook is ideal for sparking curiosity and is certain to amaze any child interested in the animals. So if you love the outdoors and want to know everything about the fantastic wildlife that lives there, then this ebook will make the perfect companion and a great addition to your bookshelf.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780744075007
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	08/23/2022
Series:	DK's Ultimate Handbook
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	162 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

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Table of Contents

How this book works 8

What is an animal? 10

Mammals

What is a mammal? 14

Sun bear & Giant panda 16

Camel & Dramedary camel 18

Vicuna & Wild ass 20

Lion & Leopard 22

Head-to-head! Cheetah vs. Cape springbok 24

Ground pangolin & African hunting dog 26

European hedgehog & Meerkat 28

Wolvering & Brown-throated sloth 30

Crested porcupine & Duck-billed platypus 32

Koala & Red kangaroo 34

Bottlenose dolphin & Narwhal 36

Harbor seal & Walrus 38

Amazonian manatee & Sea otter 40

Snow leopard & Caracal 42

Purna & Amur tiger 44

The watering hole 46

Head-to-head! Kangaroo rat vs. Cat flea 48

Proboscis monkey & Emperor tamarin 50

Ring-tailed lemur 52

Slow loris & Quokka 54

Southern giraffe & American bison 56

Grizzly bear & Polar bear 58

Moose & Reindeer 60

Etruscan shrew & Kitti's hog nosed bat 62

Communication 64

Przewalski's horse & Plains zebra 66

Blue whale 68

Domesticated animals 70

Eastern lowland gorilla & Sumatran orangutan 72

Common chimpanzee & Human 74

Head-to-head! American pygmy shrew vs. Bee hummingbird 76

Capybara & Short-tailed chinchilla 78

Mountain goat & Malayan tapir 80

Amphibians

What is an amphibian? 84

Axolotl 86

Green tree frog & Great crested newt 88

Argentina horned frog & Mandarin salamnder 90

Golden poison frog 92

Head-to-head! Wallace's flying frog vs. Sunda colugo 94

Red salamander & White's tree frog 96

California newt & Tomato frog 98

Chinese giant salamander 100

Head-to-head! Striped rocket frog vs. Red kangaroo 102

Leapfrog 104

European fire salamander & Yellow-banded frog 106

Red-eyed tree frog & Wood frog 108

Skilled defenders 110

Head-to-head! Dung beetle vs. African elephant 112

Mudpuppy & Olm 114

Mexican burrowing toad & Surinam toad 116

Hairy frog & Purple frog 118

Wallace's flying frog 120

Fish

What is a fish? 124

Life on the reef 126

Pacific sea nettle & Anglerfish 128

Spotted eagle ray & Bennet's flying fish 130

Red-bellied piranha & Leafy steadragon 132

Atlantic mudskipper & Yellow boxfish 134

Red lionfish & Green parrotfish 136

Sea lamprey & Long-spine porcupinefish 138

Head-to-head! 140

Sydney funnel-web spider vs. Reef stonefish Tassled scorpionfish & Giant manta ray 142

Stonfish & Catfish 144

Long-snouted seahorse & Neon tetra 146

Cownose ray & Giant oarfish 148

Betta & Orange clownfish 150

Australian ghost shark & Zebra shark 152

Swordfish 154

Head-to-head! Cuvier's beaked whale vs. Mariana snailfish 156

Migration 158

Psychedelic frogfish & X-ray fish 160

Electric eel & European eel 162

Head-to-head! Bowhead whale vs. Greenland shark 164

Great white shark 166

Longhorn cowfish 168

Birds

What is a bird? 172

Wandering albatross 174

Head-to-head! Arctic tern vs. Wildebeest 176

California condor & Brown pelican 178

Atlantic puffin & Snowy owl 180

Greater flamingo & Secretary bird 182

Andean condor 184

Bee hummingbird 186

Animal diets 188

Emu & King penguin 190

Mute swan & Blakiston fish owl 192

Mandarin duck 194

Common toucan & Common kingfisher 196

Golden eagle & White-bellied sea eagle 198

Head-to-head! Common swift vs. Mexican free-tailed bat Kookaburra & Frigatebird 202

Scissor-tailed flycatcher & Long-tailed widowbird 204

Great blue heron & Shoebill 206

Master weavers 208

Blue tit & Blue-throated hummingbird 210

Common raven & Scarlet macaw 212

Head-to-head! Eagle vs. Mantis shrimp 214

Indian peafowl & Bald eagle 216

Ostrich & Southern cassowary 218

Red kite & Lappet-faced vulture 220

Dinosaurs 222

Crow & Starling 224

Owlet nightjar & Tawny frogmouth 226

Victoria crowned pigeon 228

Reptiles

What is a reptile? 232

Yellow bellied slider & green anole 234

Banded sea krait & Green iguana 236

Kuhl's flying gecko & Armadillo lizard 238

Green sea turtle & Green basilisk 240

Slow worm & Tokay gecko 242

Spectacled caiman & King cobra 244

Leatherback turtle & Flying dragon 246

Five-lined skink & Golden tree snake 248

Big headed turtle & American alligator 250

Head-to-head! Sea turtle vs. Tardigrade 252

Paradise tree snake & Bearded dragon 254

Thorny devil & Rough green snake 256

California legless lizard & Namaqua chameleon 258

Gaboon viper & African shovel-snouted lizard 260

Sandfish skink & Tuatara 262

Texas thread snake & Jackson's chameleon 264

Galápagos tortoise 266

Classifying creatures 268

Head-to-head! Saltwater crocodile vs. Great white shark 270

Frilled lizard & Black mamba 272

Komodo dragon 274

Green anaconda 276

Invertebrates

What is an invertebrate 280

Cobalt blue tarantula & European stag beetle 282

Malayan frog beetle & Two-spot assassin bug 284

Common wasp & Seven-spot ladybug 286

Common octopus & Giant Pacific octopus 288

Dung beetle 290

Hercules beetle & Pine weevil 292

Jewel beetle & Giant clam 294

Atlas moth & Harlequin beetle 296

Top teamwork 298

Prime predators 300

Termite & Glow worm 302

Jewel scarab & Black widow 304

Cockroach & Cicada 306

Emperor scorpion & Arabian fat-tailed scorpion 308

Goliath beetle & Darwin's beetle 310

Madagascan moon moth & Giraffe weevil 312

Humboldt squid 314

Pacific sea nettle & Blue-ringed octopus 316

Flat rock scorpion & Deathstalker scorpion 318

Barrel jellyfish & Crown jellyfish 320

Head-to-head! Moths vs. bats 322

Insect camouflage 324

Common lobster & Mimic octopus 326

Coconut octopus & Lion's mane jellyfish 328

Box jellyfish & Dumbo octopus 330

Metamorphosis 332

Violin beetle & Acorn weevil 334

Gray's leaf insect & European mantis 336

Animal extinction 338

Save the animals 340

Glossary 342

Index 346

Acknowledgments 352