The Last extinction / 
edited by Les Kaufman and Kenneth Mallory. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Published in cooperation with the New England Aquarium [by] the MIT Press,  1986. 
 - ix, 208 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Based on a public lecture series, "Extinction: saving the sinking ark," held in Boston at the New England Aquarium during fall 1984. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Why the ark is sinking / Les Kaufman -- Mass extinctions / David Jablonski -- The Amazon : paradise lost? / Ghillean T. Prance -- Vanishing species in our own backyard : extinct fish and wildlife of the United States and Canada / James D. Williams and Ronald M. Nowak -- Riders of the last ark : the role of captive breeding in conservation strategies / Thomas J. Foose -- Life in the next millennium : who will be left in earth's community? / David Ehrenfeld. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0262111152 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nature conservation<br/>Wildlife conservation<br/>Extinction Biology
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH75