Mammals

Mammals
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 169
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ISBN-10 : 9780198766940
ISBN-13 : 0198766947
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Book Synopsis Mammals by : Thomas Stainforth Kemp

Download or read book Mammals written by Thomas Stainforth Kemp and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relative newcomers within the story of evolution, mammals are hugely successful and have colonized land, water, and air. Tom Kemp discusses the great diversity of mammalian species, and looks at how their very disparate characteristics, physiologies, and behaviours are all largely driven by one uniting factor: endothermy, or warm-bloodedness.


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