![]() ![]() ![]() Black-and-white drawings, eight page color section. “Only seven extant large-bodied cats survive from the important and remarkably diverse radiations of felid carnivores since mid-Tertiary times, some 25 million years (Ma) ago….the extant species of the genera Panthera (lion, leopard, tiger, jaguar, and snow leopard), Felis (puma or cougar), and Acinonyx (cheetah), afford invaluable insights into the adaptations, diversifications, and behaviors of one tribe (Felini) …Extinctions in the course of the late Tertiary and at several times during the Pleistocene led to the loss of the last of the paleofelids (Barbourofelis) and of three other major groups (tribes) of felids–metailurines, homotherines, and smilodontines…minimally, about four-fifths of the large bodied felids known over the past 10-12 Ma have vanished…” (From the Foreword). Creasing to upper rear cover edge near spine head. Provides a prehistoric journey through time to visit one hundred creatures that walked the Earth. ![]() Upper front cover corner creased, bumped. National Geographic Prehistoric Mammals - Alan Turner 2004. 234 pages, 16 page col insert, 149 illus. Highlighting throughout, some markings in red pen. An Illustrated Guide to their Evolution and Natural History. ![]()
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