From Africa to India, South America to Madagascar, Jeremy Mallinson has travelled extensively in search of the great diversity of threatened and endangered species. In this book he introduces us to the mitla of the Amazon, the mountain gorilla of Zaire, the indri of Madagascar and makes us aware of the immense problems facing such critically endangered species as the diminutive pigmy hog from the Himalayan foothills of Assam, the dramatic lion tamarin of south-eastern Brazil, and many more.