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1 online resource (233 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index. |
| Contents |
Author's Note; Prologue; PART ONE: THE BEGINNING; PART TWO: THE END; Epilogue: And Then There Was One; Suggested Reading; Notes; Acknowledgements; Index. |
| Summary |
The tragic recognition of the extinction of the Yangtze River Dolphin or baiji in 2007 became a major news story and sent shockwaves around the world. It made a romantic story, for the baiji was a unique and beautiful creature that features in many Chinese legends and folk tales. The Goddess of the Yangtze, as it was known, was also the lone representative of an entire and ancient branch of the Tree of Life. But perhaps the greater tragedy is that its status as one of the world'smost threatened mammals had been widely recognized, yet despite wide publicity virtually no international funds beca. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chinese river dolphin.
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Chinese river dolphin. |
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Extinction (Biology)
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Extinction (Biology) |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Turvey, Sam. Witness to extinction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009 9780199549481 (OCoLC)321014889 |
| ISBN |
9780191563591 (electronic book) |
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0191563595 (electronic book) |
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9780199549474 |
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0199549478 |
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9780199549481 |
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