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The end of a trail : the cheetah in India / Divyabhanusinh.
Van Pelt Library QL737.C23 D58 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Divyabhanusinh, 1941-
- Series:
- Oxford India paperbacks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cheetah--India.
- Cheetah.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- xxxii, 268 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- This is a study of the cheetah (now extinct in India) through the ages of Indian history. The product of a decade of extensive research, this is the only work which traces the history and ecology of an animal species from prehistoric cave paintings to oral testimony. It provides a comprehensive account of the animal's interaction with man, charting its path to extinction and exploring the possibility of its reintroduction into India.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780195686975
- 0195686977
- OCLC:
- 79476578
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