A Wildlife Guide to Chile (ebook)

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This is the first comprehensive English-language field guide to the wildlife of Chile and its territories--Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernández, and San Félix y San Ambrosio. From bats to butterflies, lizards to llamas, and ferns to flamingos, A Wildlife Guide to Chile covers the country's common plants and animals. The color plates depict species in their natural environments with unmatched vividness and realism. The combination of detailed illustrations and engaging, succinct, and authoritative text make field identification quick, easy, and accurate. Maps, charts, and diagrams provide information about landforms, submarine topography, marine environment, climate, vegetation zones, and the best places to view wildlife. This is an essential guide to Chile's remarkable biodiversity.

• The only comprehensive English-language guide to Chile's common flora and fauna
• The first guide to cover Chile and its territories--Chilean Antarctica, Easter Island, Juan Fernández, and San Félix y San Ambrosio
• 120 full-color plates allow quick identification of more than 800 species
• Accompanying text describes species size, shape, color, habitat, and range
• Descriptions list size, distribution, and English, Spanish, and scientific names
• Information on the best spots to view wildlife, including major national parks
• Compact and lightweight--a perfect field guide

"This nicely sized book, covering a broad range of wildlife and plants, would be very useful for the tourist with a casual interest in natural history or the professional biologist who wants to become familiar with the diverse ecosystems of Chile."--D. Flaspohler, Choice0ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iv
PREFACE v
INTRODUCTION vi
CONVERSION FACTORS vii
MAP OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE viii
CHILE AND HER SOVEREIGNTIES 1
MARINE RESOURCES 21
FLORISTIC ZONES AND FLORA 32
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTIONS 73
BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 90
REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS 106
BIRDS 126
MAMMALS 291
WHERE TO SEE WILDLIFE 350
GLOSSARY 376
SPANISH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY 378
BIBLIOGRAPHY 379
INDEXES 380