Princeton University Press
Wildlife of India
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- Bikram Grewal
- Princeton University Press
- Paperback
- 9780691217703
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- Nature > Animals - Wildlife
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
A richly illustrated color photographic field guide, covering nearly 1,000 species of birds, mammals, butterflies, insects, reptiles, flowers, and trees
The Indian subcontinent is exceptionally rich in wildlife because of its wide variety of habitats and climates, ranging from the ocean to the Himalayas and from the Rajasthan dessert to Cherapunji in Meghalaya, one of the wettest places on earth. This diversity supports a huge range of charismatic species, from the iconic Bengal Tiger to Clouded Leopards, crocodiles to King Cobras, hornbills to eagles. Covering these animals and many others, as well as trees and flowers, this color photographic field guide describes and illustrates more than 984 species from all over India, including the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
The guide begins with an overview of India's climate and geography, its wildlife habitats and how to enjoy them, threats to wildlife, and extreme rarities. The main part of the book includes concise species descriptions of 678 birds, 114 mammals, 72 butterflies and other insects, 66 reptiles, and 54 trees and flowers, each one accompanied by at least one photograph. The book concludes with a section on wildlife-watching in the national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, which offer the best chance of seeing many of the species described.
- Describes and illustrates more than 984 species from all across India--including some 678 birds, 114 mammals, 72 butterflies and other insects, 66 reptiles, and 54 trees and flowers
- Features more than 1,000 color photographs
Author Bio
Bikram Grewal, the author of many books on the birds of the Indian subcontinent, is an ecotourism consultant and a trustee of the Wildlife Preservation Society of India. He also helped found Birds of India, one of the world’s leading birding websites.
Source: Princeton University Press
Bikram Grewal is an eminent ornithologist, best-selling author, and delightful speaker. He is the acclaimed author of several photo-guides to the birds of the Indian Subcontinent, which have become standards of the genre. He is also a co-author of the path-breaking Atlas of the birds of Delhi and Haryana.
He is based in Delhi, India.
Source: Conservation India
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