Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 243 pages)
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color illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
025301042X
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0253010497
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9780253010421
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9780253010490
Series Statement:
Life of the Past
Content:
With their spectacularly enlarged canines, sabertooth cats are among the most popular of prehistoric animals, yet it is surprising how little information about them is available for the curious layperson. What's more, there were other sabertooths that were not cats, animals with exotic names like nimravids, barbourofelids, and thylacosmilids. Some were no taller than a domestic cat, others were larger than a lion, and some were as weird as their names suggest. Sabertooths continue to pose questions even for specialists. What did they look like? How did they use their spectacular canine teet
Content:
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. What Is a Sabertooth?; 2. The Ecology of Sabertooths; 3. A Who's Who of Sabertoothed Predators; 4. Sabertooths as Living Predators; 5. Extinctions; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253010421
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Antón, Mauricio Sabertooth Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2013 ISBN 9780253010421
Language:
English
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