Lost Animals, Extinction and the Photographic Record Tasmania On mountains

On mountains

they remain a thriving ecosystem for a vast number of species and are today an internationally important habitat for migratory wading birds

to Aboriginal internment on Flinders Island and at Oyster Cove

Hardcover with a dust jacket

and for ornithophiles of all ages

Lost Animals, Extinction and the Photographic Record Tasmania On mountainsThe photographic record of extinction is the focus of this remarkable book, written by the world's leading authority on vanished animals, Errol Fuller. Lost Animals features photographs dating from around 1870 to as recently as 2004, the year that saw the demise of the Hawaiian Po'ouli. From a mother Thylacine and her pups to now extinct birds such as the Heath Hen and Carolina Parakeet, Fuller tells the tale of each animal, why it became extinct, and