Childrens Illustrated Animal Atlas

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59 Eurasian beaver The Eurasian beaver disappeared from Białowieża in the mid-19th century due to hunting. It was reintroduced i ...

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Author Jamie Ambrose Editor Olivia Stanford Project editor Allison Singer Project art editor Hoa Luc Designer Rhea Gaughan US Se ...

60 Asia Welcome to Earth’s largest continent! Asia contains half the world’s human population, but there is still a lot of land ...

4 How to use this book 6 The world 8 North America 10 North American taiga 12 Great Plains 13 Eastern forests 14 Western deserts ...

61 Savanna This region in northern India is warm all year round. It has the highest grasslands in the world—some grow more than ...

4 How to use this book An atlas usually shows maps of different countries, but animals often live across borders. The maps in th ...

5 How to use this book Borders Borders show how the Earth’s land is divided into countries. Bordering continents Around the edge ...

62 Saiga antelope Siberian wapiti Siberian musk deer Sable Silver birch Baikal seal Siberian flying squirrel HABITAT KEY Wetland ...

6 The world The types of habitats found on each of the Earth’s seven continents depend on the usual weather, or climate, of an a ...

7 ASIA AUSTRALASIA AFRICA ANTARCTICA EUROPE ARCTIC OCEAN INDIAN OCEAN PACIFIC OCEAN SOUTHERN OCEAN Polar zone Temperate zone Tro ...

Siberian wapiti Baikal seal Siberian blue robin Siberian wood frog Snow sheep Siberian rubythroat Siberian chipmunk Siberian fly ...

North America This continent stretches from the icy Arctic down to the tropical Caribbean. It has a vast range of habitats, from ...

C A S P IA N S E A The bobak digs burrows up to 13–16 ft (4–5 m) deep, where it hibernates up to six months each year. Bobak mar ...

9 Central American rain forest Rain forests are warm and green all year, and they are home to more than half the world’s plants ...

65 Secret toadhead agama The insect-eating agama keeps several secrets. It may look like a regular desert lizard, but when it di ...

Location Most of northern North America is taiga. Summer temperatures reach only 50 ̊ F (10 ̊ C), and there’s lots of snow in th ...

66 The Himalayan wolf is a rare type of gray wolf. Some are almost white—like snow on the Himalayas! N Himalayan wolf S W E Loca ...