Anatomy of Animals Studies in the Forms of Mammals and Birds

This superb book, first published in 1896, ranks as one of the finest general studies in animal anatomy. It offers the artist & designer, as well as the naturalist, a comprehensive & detailed study of animal anatomy. Taking as his main interest the living, moving animal & the mechanisms of motion, author Ernest Thompson describes & illustrates with detailed drawings general animal features such as hair, skin folds, nerves, glands, ligaments, & tendons. He then discusses general principles by a comprehensive study of the dog, & continues with other species such as the horse, giraffe, buffalo, lion, sparrow, & peacock.Thompson, Ernest E. is the author of 'Anatomy of Animals Studies in the Forms of Mammals and Birds' with ISBN 9780788165818 and ISBN 078816581X.