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The last tortoise : a tale of extinction in our lifetime / Craig B. Stanford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stanford, Craig B. (Craig Britton), 1956-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Testudinidae.
- Turtles.
- Rare reptiles.
- Endangered species.
- Extinction (Biology).
- Physical Description:
- viii, 210 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- The tortoise and the hare?
- What exactly are tortoises and turtles?
- Live long and prosper
- No respect for the ancient lands
- Eating tortoises
- "Such huge defourmed creatures"
- Beloved captives
- Are there solutions?
- Achilles and the tortoise
- Appendixes. Extremes of the tortoise world. Tortoises on the brink of extinction. Tortoise species.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-199) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674049925
- 0674049926
- OCLC:
- 456169882
- Publisher Number:
- 99937549471
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