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Cargando... The End of a Trail: The Cheetah in India (Oxford India Paperbacks)por Divyabhanusinh
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The last word on a scholarly record of the cheetah in the Indian sub-continent. While one cannot hold the author responsible, one wonders at the obstinate and unrelenting way in which the princes went about pursuing these beautiful animals, even when it was obvious that they were getting rarer and rarer. One wonders what the maharajah of Korea, Madhya Pradesh thought of his bag of three cheetahs (presumably siblings), the last recorded such kill. However that may be, the book itself is a labour of utter devotion and scholarliness, with profuse illustrations including maps, reproduction of Mughal-era 'miniature' paintings, historic photographs, and drawings from old books. There is an exhaustive list of references, as well as tabulated statements of recorded kills, which however are rather confusing as they amount to just one per year, which obviously could not account for its extinction. Finally, the author, like all his relatives from the princely clans, makes a plea for the re-introduction of the cheetah from abroad. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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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 the pre-historic period to recent times. Using a range of sources, fromprehistoric cave paintings to oral testimony, it provides a comprehensive account of the animal's interaction with man through the ages, charting its path to extinction and exploring the possibility of its reintroduction in India. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)599.7590954Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Mammals Carnivora Felines Cheetahs History, geography, biography Asia India and South AsiaClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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