This book is aimed at readers interested in protecting endangered mammals. It emphasizes the importance of identifying these animals to effectively conserve them, particularly focusing on those inhabiting the jungles and forests of the American tropics. The author aims to educate readers about these fascinating creatures, including their classification, preferred habitats, diets, family life, and natural predators. By increasing awareness and understanding, the book seeks to inspire conservation efforts to ensure future generations can also experience these animals in the wild, rather than solely through media sources.
Foreword.................................... 5
What is a mammal?..................................6
What are edentates? .............................8
The tamandua .........................10
Tamandua mexicana.........................................10
What is it like?..........................................10
Where does it live? ..............................12
What does it eat? .................................15
Which are its enemies?.......................16
The three-toed sloth..............18
Bradypus variegatus...........................................18
What is it like? ........................................19
Where does it live?...............................22
What does it eat?...................................23
Which are its enemies? .....................24
Nine-banded armadillo..........26
Dasypus novemcinctus......................................26
What is it like? ........................................26
Where does it live?...............................30
What does it eat? .................................33
Which are its enemies?.......................34
How can we help
protect them?...........................36
Why are they endangered? .............36
How can we help them? ..................41
If you are reading this book, you must be someone who is interested in the other inhabitants of this planet. In this particular case, your concern is for mammals that are becoming more difficult to find. And I am sure that you, like me, want to help protect them.
Very well then, the first thing we have to do is to identify these animals. Otherwise how can we protect them if we don’t even know that they exist? And since we live in a country in the American tropics, I would like to begin with the ones that live in the jungles and forests of our region.
The purpose of this book is to help us learn together about some of the fascinating animals that share the planet with us, to understand a little about how scientists classify them, the areas they prefer and the foods they like, and learn about their family life as well as their enemies.
This way we can help with their conservation so that boys and girls in the future can also see them when they visit protected areas for wildlife, instead of only knowing them from photographs, books or television programs.
Infantil / Juvenil
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