On The Track Of Unknown Animals

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First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Cover Contents introduction PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION Part One THE GREAT DAYS OF ZOOLOGY ARE NOT DONE 1. There are Lost Worlds Everywhere 2. Cuvier’s Rash Dictum 3. The Survivors from the Past Part Two THE MAN-FACED ANIMALS OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA 4. Nittaewo, the Lost People of Ceylon 5. Orang Pendek, the Ape-Man of Sumatra 6. The Not So Abominable Snowman Part Three THE LIVING FOSSILS OF OCEANIA 7. The Surrealist Dinosaur of New Guinea 8. The Incredible Australian Bunyips 9. The Queensland Marsupial Tiger 10. The Moa, a Fossil that May Still Thrive 11. Waitoreke, the Impossible New Zealand Mammal Part Four RIDDLES OF THE GREEN CONTINENT 12. The Patagonian Giant Sloth 13. The Giant Anaconda and Other Inland ‘Sea-Serpents’ 14. Apes in Green Hell Part Five THE GIANTS OF THE FAR NORTH 15. The Mammoth of the Taiga Part Six THE TERRORS OF AFRICA 16. Three Large Pygmies: the Forest Rhinoceros, the Water Elephant and the Spotted Lion 17. The Nandi Bear, an East African Proteus 18. Mngwa, the Strange One 19. The Little Hairy Men 20. The Dragon St George Did Not Kill 21. Kongamato, the Last Flying Dragon Part Seven THE LESSON OF THE MALAGASY GHOSTS 22. Tratratratra, Vorompatra, etcetera Bibliography Index