Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia

French language edition

Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia is a large comprehensive encyclopedia of animal life. It is named after its original editor in chief, Bernhard Grzimek (pronounced [ˈɡʒɪmɛk]).^[1]

Originally the encyclopedia was published as a 13-volume set in German under the name Grzimeks Tierleben (Grzimek's Animal Life) in 1967-1972; it was translated into English in 1972-75. The encyclopedia was an international collaboration by a large number of scientists including Theodor Haltenorth, Wolfgang Gewalt, , Konrad Lorenz, Heinz Heck, Lutz Heck, Jean Dorst, Constantine Walter Benson, Irenäus Eibl-Eibesfeldt, Helmut Sick, Heini Hediger, Wolfgang Makatsch, , Erna Mohr, Adolf Portmann, Nagamichi Kuroda, Lester L. Short, Gerlof Fokko Mees, and Andrew John Berger. It was later extensively updated and republished in a 17-volume second edition under the supervision of Michael Hutchins in 2003. Some university libraries offer access to a digitized version of the second edition. The German edition also published three supplementary volumes: Entwicklungsgeschichte der Lebewesen (History of Life), Verhaltensforschung (Behavioural Research) and Unsere Umwelt als Lebensraum - Ökologie (Our Environment as Living Space - Ecology).

Online portal[]

In fall 2009, Gale Cengage released a web-based version of the encyclopedia, with access to the web site by subscription. The site allows users to rate articles and to submit videos and photography.^[2]^[3]

Volumes for original 1967-1972 Edition[]

Volume 1: Lower Animals (Protozoa, Sponges, Cnidarians, "Worms", Non-Hexapod Arthropods)
Volume 2: Insects (Springtails and Relatives, Insects)
Volume 3: Mollusks and Echinoderms (Mollusks, "Lophophorates", Non-Vertebrate Deuterostomes)
Volume 4: Fishes 1
Volume 5: Fishes 2 and Amphibia
Volume 6: Reptiles
Volume 7-9: Birds
Volume 10-13: Mammals

Volumes for 2003 Edition[]

Volume 1: Lower Metazoans and Lesser Deuterostomes
Volume 2: Protostomes
Volume 3: Insects
Volume 4-5: Fish
Volume 6: Amphibians
Volume 7: Reptiles
Volume 8-11: Birds
Volume 12-16: Mammals
Volume 17: Index

References[]

^ "Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia [fact sheet]" (PDF). Gale Cengage Learning. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2011. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
^ Sue Polanka: Grzimek’s Launches. No Shelf Required, 14 October 2009 (archived)
^ Gale Launches Digital Version of Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. Cengage Press Release, 12 October 2009

External links[]

Bernhard Grzimek, George M. Narita: Grzimek’s animal life encyclopedia (1. edition, online)

[factsheet-1] "Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia [fact sheet]" (PDF). Gale Cengage Learning. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 27, 2011. Retrieved 2010-09-27.

[2] Sue Polanka: Grzimek’s Launches. No Shelf Required, 14 October 2009 (archived)

[3] Gale Launches Digital Version of Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. Cengage Press Release, 12 October 2009

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