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Lost animals : extinction and the photographic record

Fuller, Errol2021
Books, Manuscripts
A photograph of an animal long-gone evokes a feeling of loss more than a painting ever can. Often tinted sepia or black-and-white, these images were mainly taken in zoos or wildlife parks, and in a handful of cases featured the last known individual of the species. There are some familiar examples, such as Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon, or the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, recently fledged and perching happily on the hat of one of the biologists that had just ringed it. But for every Martha there are a number of less familiar extinct birds and mammals that were caught on camera prior to their demise.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2021.
Collation:
256 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2013.
ISBN:
9781472991461 (pbk)
Dewey class:
591.68
LC class:
QL82
Local class:
591.68
Language:
English
BRN:
2903875
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