Walker's Primates of the World
- ISBN-10
- 0801862515
- ISBN-13
- 9780801862519
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-10-28
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Authors
- Ronald M. Nowak, Ernest Pillsbury Walker
Description
Recently extinct genera, such as the giant lemurs of Madagascar, are covered in full Text summaries present well-documented descriptions of the physical characteristics and living habits of primates in every part of the world."--BOOK JACKET.
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