Lost Animals, Extinction and the Photographic Record Tasmania Hardcover with a dust jacket

Hardcover with a dust jacket

From bays of picturesque blue waters to centuries-old rainforests

they remain a thriving ecosystem for a vast number of species and are today an internationally important habitat for migratory wading birds

a field guide by the Tasmanian Marine Naturalists Association Inc

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Lost Animals, Extinction and the Photographic Record Tasmania Hardcover with a dust jacketThe photographic record of extinction is the focus of this remarkable book, written by the world's leading authority on vanished animals, Errol Fuller. Lost Animals features photographs dating from around 1870 to as recently as 2004, the year that saw the demise of the Hawaiian Po'ouli. From a mother Thylacine and her pups to now extinct birds such as the Heath Hen and Carolina Parakeet, Fuller tells the tale of each animal, why it became extinct, and