First Field Guide to Wildlife of Southern Africa

First Field Guide to Wildlife of Southern Africa
ISBN-10
1775843963
ISBN-13
9781775843962
Category
Nature
Pages
56
Language
English
Published
2016-09-01
Publisher
Penguin Random House South Africa
Author
Sean Fraser

Description

Sasol First Field Guide to Wildlife of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the richly diverse wild life of the region – the more commonly seen spiders, scorpions, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. With the help of full-colour photographs and distribution maps, and easy-to-read text, the young adult and budding naturalist will be able to identify the more common animal species found in southern Africa, discover where they live, and learn about their unique feeding and breeding habits.

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