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Extinct Animals Of The British Isles

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Author : Gerlach Justin
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2014-11-01

Extinct Animals Of The British Isles written by Gerlach Justin and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-01 with Reference categories.

136 animal species have become extinct in the British Isles over the past thousand years. This book describes many of these extinctions, from familiar species such as the wolf and the iconic extinction of the great auk, to the numerous insects that have vanished from the islands.

The History Of British Mammals

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Author : Derek Yalden
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2010-01-31

The History Of British Mammals written by Derek Yalden and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-31 with Nature categories.

As ice retreated from Britain 15,000 years ago, a host of large mammals including reindeer, wild horses, wooly mammoths, moose, wolves, brown bears, lynxes and wolverines established itself in Britain. The largest surviving wild land mammal today, the red deer, the largest contemporary land carnivore, the badger and another 65 or so extant wild mammals included about a quarter of the wild mammals that have been introduced in the last 15,000 years. The contemporary fauna, however, is largely dominated by domestic animals, such as cattle, sheep, pigs and humans. This book explores the fate of the large extinct species, as well as how, why, and when the introduced species appeared.

British Animals Extinct Within Historic Times

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Author : James Edmund Harting
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1880

British Animals Extinct Within Historic Times written by James Edmund Harting and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Cattle categories.

The Changing Wildlife Of Great Britain And Ireland

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Author : David L. Hawksworth
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2003-06-26

The Changing Wildlife Of Great Britain And Ireland written by David L. Hawksworth and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-26 with Nature categories.

Periodic comprehensive overviews of the status of the diverse organisms that make up wildlife are essential to determining trends, threats and future prospects. Just over 25 years ago, leading authorities on different kinds of wildlife came together to prepare an assessment of their status of a wide range of organisms in Great Britain and Ireland i

A History Of British Animals

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Author : John Fleming
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1828

A History Of British Animals written by John Fleming and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1828 with Extinct animals categories.

British Animals Extinct Within Historic Times With Some Account Of British Wild White Cattle

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Author : James Edmund Harting
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09

British Animals Extinct Within Historic Times With Some Account Of British Wild White Cattle written by James Edmund Harting and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ..., WILD WHITE CATTLE. The few scattered herds of so-called Wild White Cattle which still exist in parks in England and Scotland may be said to form a connecting link, as it were, between the wild animals which have become extinct in this country within historic times, and those which may still be classed amongst our fercu naturae. The race is undoubtedly of great antiquity, but whether it is descended, as some affirm, from the aboriginal wild breed of the British forests--the Urus of Caesar (Bos primigenius)--or whether, as others assert, it has at some period long remote been imported from abroad and since become feral, are questions upon which, at present, considerable difference of opinion prevails. The weight of scientific opinion, however, seems to favour the view that these wild white cattle were descended from the Urus, either by direct descent through wild animals from the wild bull, or less directly through domesticated cattle deriving their blood principally from him. That the Urus existed in Britain in prehistoric times, and was contemporaneous with man of the Palaeolithic or older Stone Age, must be admitted. In the fluviatile deposits of the Thames, and in some other places, the remains of the two have been found together, * and instances have been recorded in which the remains of the Urus have been found contemporaneous with man of the Neolithic or later Stone Age. In the Zoological Museum at Cambridge, where there is a remarkably fine skeleton of this animal from Burwell Fen, may be seen the greater portion of a skull from the same locality, in which a neolithic celt was found, and still remains imbedded.t Another skull of this animal was found in a moss in Scotland, in conjunction with bronze * The Rev. Samuel Banks, Eector...