Natural history writer Sleeper and nature photographer Wolfe
teamed up to provide photodocumentation of cat species in Wild Cats
of the World (Crown, 1995). In their newest collaboration, they
continue their examination of large mammals with large,
full-colored glossy photographs of close to 100 primate species.
These magnificent plates bring the animals up close, providing rich
detail, and exhibit species rarely photographed such as the
golden-handed tamarin and the aye-aye. The authors break down the
primate species by geographical location but fail to address
taxonomic relationships. Succinct text of 75-100 words touches on
the basic behavior, food sources, and physical characteristics of
each animal, but the glorious photogaphs makes this book a winner.
For popular natural history collections.?Raymond Hamel, Wisconsin
Regional Primate Research Ctr. Lib., Madison
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