[書介]謎樣的生物 - 神秘動物學指南
書名: Mysterious Creatures - A Guide to Cryptozoology- 作者: George M. Eberhart
- 出版: ABC-CLIO (December 17, 2002)
- 語言: English
- 頁數: 722頁 (兩冊一套)
- ISBN-10: 1576072835; ISBN-13: 979-1576072836
- 書介 (由booklist所提供): From Bigfoot and the bonobo to the Central Asian wildman and winged humanoid, this volume presents over 1000 A-to-Z entries on every reported cryptid - i.e. legendary animal unknown to science - from around the world. Each entry traces the history of sightings and known habitats, including details such as: popular name; distribution; etymology; significant encounters; scientific name; present status; physical description; possible identifications; behaviour; variant names; habitat; and sources and secondary entries. Cryptozoological categories include: hominid dwarfs, giants and Neanderthaloids; giant bats and insects; lake and sea monsters; relic elephants; semimythical beasts; and unknown bears, birds, cats, snakes and crocodilians.
