Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia was first published in the late 1960's in Germany under the editorship of zoologist Bernhard Gryzimek. Years later Gale and the American Zoo and Aquarium Association worked together to completely revise and update the series for the first time in 30 years. Gale expanded the 13 volume set to 17 volumes, had new color paintings commissioned, and made the set easier to use.

This 17 volume set is organized by taxonomy. Taxonomy is the science in which various organisms are discovered, identified, described, named, classified, and catalogued. They start with the simplest life forms, the lower metazoans and lesser deuterostomes, in volume one, and then the series progresses through the more complex classes of animals, culminating with the mammals, in volumes 12-16 (pg x).

Grzimek's features 3,000 color photos that help enhance understanding.

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