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1、RainerFlindt·AmazingNumbersinBiologyRainerFlindtAmazingNumbersinBiologyTranslatedbyNeilSolomonABCProfessorDr.RainerFlindtDietrich-Bonhoeffer-Weg1671462LudwigsburgGermanyTranslatedby:NeilSolomonDantestr.5369115HeidelbergGermanyThisisthetranslationofthe6thGermanEditionof“Biologi
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5、gBerlinHeidelberg2006PrintedinGermanyTheuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,etc.inthispublicationdoesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevantpro-tectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse.Editor:Dr.Diet
6、erCzeschlik,Heidelberg,GermanyDeskEditor:Dr.JuttaLindenborn,Heidelberg,GermanyCoverdesign:Design&Production,HeidelbergTypesettingandProduction:FriedmutKröner,HeidelbergPrintedonacid-freepaper–39/3152-YK–543210ContentsIntroductiontothe6thGermanEdition.......................1Par
7、t1:Zoology1.1General:Size,Weight,Age…........................41.1.0NumbersthatAmaze.............................41.1.1ApproximateNumbersofSpeciesinSelectedMajorAnimalTaxa....51.1.2MaximumAgeofSelectedAnimals.....................61.1.3LargestRepresentativesofSelectedAnimalTaxa(
8、ExcludingVertebratesandInsects).....................81.1.4The