mountain animals

Features ten endangered mountain animals including bald eagles, wolves, grizzly bears, eastern cougars, and condors.

Children will be captivated by the amazing photos of baby animals that live on mountains: bighorn sheep, bears, deer, mountain goats, antelope, cougars, and other animals. Young readers will learn about how baby animals find food and shelter in such rugged places.

Color photos illustrate profiles of mountain animals such as the lynx, snow leopard, bighorn sheep, and golden eagle, which present descriptive information and fact lists. Also includes details on factors endangering mountain ecosystems.

Describes the physical characteristics, defenses, and hunting tactics of twelve polar and mountain animal species, including cougars, walruses, wolverines, and snowy owls.

Describes the physical charactistics, habits, behavior, and habitat of twenty-one animals that have adapted to cope wih harsh mountain conditions, including the chamois, marmot, and ring ouzel.

Provides an introduction to mountains, including information on the animals that live there.

Explores the world's mountainous areas, weather, vegetation zones and tree lines, as well as a number of plants and animals that are found in these regions including mountain goats and bighorn sheep, mountain lions and bears, and species of predator birds.

Photographs and simple text introduce readers to animals that live in the mountains and their unique characteristics, including yaks with thick fur coats to keep them warm in winter and mountain lions with strong legs to leap between rocks.

Explores the animals who make their habitat in the mountains.