The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives by Alan Turner

Clearly, this work has been a labour of love for both author and illustrator.

'Whether your interest is scientific or you merely wonder what a giant cat whose teeth inspired the name 'he who brings devastation'looked like, this book is not to be missed.' - Luke Hunter, BioScience 'A well-written, informative, and beautifully illustrated guide to the large cats, both extinct and extant.' - Blaire Van Valkenburgh, The Quarterly Review of Biology Clearly, this work has been a labour of love for both author and illustrator.' - Douglas Palmer, New Scientist Of course it makes an easier and simpler reading than, say, 'The Big Cats and their Fossil Relatives', but after all it is addressed to a wider audience. primaevusby Robert Bruce Horsfall, 1913 H. As in the earlier volume, they sought to develop an accurate visual account of extinct species and the landscapes and communities in which they lived. Hoplophoneus(Greek: 'murder' (phonos), 'weapon' (hoplo)1) is an extinctgenusof the familyNimravidae, endemic to North Americaduring the Late Eoceneto Early Oligoceneepochs (3529 mya), existing for approximately 6million years. 'A very interesting book - a cross between popular natural history and a coffee table volume.' - Choice The book, as is the case with others by Alan Turner, is elegantly written and quite thorough for the species examined (the chronological information and scale drawings are of particular value). The present volume is their 2nd together, succeeding The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives: An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History (1997). 'A well-written, informative, and beautifully illustrated guide to the large cats, both extinct and extant.' - Blaire Van Valkenburgh, 'The Quarterly Review of Biology' Clearly, this work has been a labour of love for both author and illustrator.' - Douglas Palmer, 'New Scientist'

'A very interesting book - a cross between popular natural history and a coffee table volume.' - 'Choice' 'Whether your interest is scientific or you merely wonder what a giant cat whose teeth inspired the name 'he who brings devastation'looked like, this book is not to be missed.' - Luke Hunter, 'BioScience'

The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives by Alan Turner