Madagascar : a natural history

Author(s)

• Preston-Mafham, Ken

Bibliographic Information

Madagascar : a natural history

Ken Preston-Mafham ; foreword by Sir David Attenborough

Facts on File, c1991

• alk. paper

Note

Includes bibliography: p. 220

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world, with a landmass of 226,739 square miles - over twice the size of the British Isles. Until 65 million years ago, it was part of continental Africa, but broke free and drifted into the Indian Ocean, gradually isolating its flora and fauna. This illustrated study of the extraordinary wildlife of the island covers the lone evolution of many of the species of plant and animal where all of the mammals, 225 of the 257 species of reptile and almost 80% of its plants are unique to Madagascar.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA73717098
• ISBN:
  • 0816024030
• LCCN: 91016787
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: 224 p.
• Size: 32 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QH195.M2
  • DC20 : 508.691
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Natural history -- Madagascar
  • LCSH : Natural history -- Madagascar -- Pictorial works