Like many big DK books this is spectacular and in fact is better quality than most others. It also (being a DK book) is very easy find remaindered and very good value if you do.

It's not exhaustive: whenever I go to look something up it always seems to be missing the particular species I want, and the description of each animal is very brief. However given the size and scope of the book, omissions and brevity are understandable and forgivable.

My four year old loves it.

My son's favorite book from the time he was three until a teenager. Ours is taped together.

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Absolutely amazing. If you are a student of zoology, natural history or an animal lover, this book is a must have. Gorgeous pictures, informative text and the heft of a coffee table tome. Love and highly recommended.

As a nature writer, I own a large collection of natural history encyclopedias. When I wrote "Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents" and wanted the natural history of a particular animal I encountered in the wild, I would comb through multiple wildlife guides. Two things stood out:

1) More often than not, I could find what I was looking for in "Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide" (the previous version of this book).

2) I was amazed how often various natural history guides disagreed on the size and weight of species. Since I had the advantage of actually observing the animals in the wild, I could judge which guide was most accurate. In most cases, I sided with "Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide."

So while I will continue to have multiple natural history encyclopedias at my side for future writing projects, if I had to choose just one, "Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide" would be the book.

Marty Essen, author of Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents

it had a lot of great information in it.i like how it separates it all

Some very weird looking little guys live on our planet.

this is the best

I credit this book with truly growing my love of animals. My friend’s dad owned it, and every time I went to her house I would pour over this book, memorizing animals facts. It’s a beautiful, truly educational book showcasing the joy of animal creation.

This is an incredible book, in color, with illustrations of incredible numbers of animals with sections for different orders. It was even better with the cd that showed movements in slow motion, but, unfortunately, that ceased to work with later versions of windows.

I don't claim to have read this book from cover to cover. I use it as a reference book. If there is an animal I would like to identify or to just know a little more about, this is where I start. This book is spectacular. It might not have every animal in the world but it sure has a lot, it's very well designed and is illustrated with many spectacular pictures.