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| On the Track of Unknown Animals | |
 Cover-art for the 1995 edition |
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| Author | Bernard Heuvelmans |
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| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction, Cryptozoology |
| Publication date | 1958 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
On the Track of Unknown Animals is a cryptozoological book by French author Bernard Heuvelmans that was first published in 1955 under the title Sur la Piste des Bêtes Ignorées. The English translation by Richard Garnett was published in 1958 with some updating by the author and with a forward by Gerald Durrell. A revised and abridged edition was published in 1965, and a further edition in 1995.
On the Track of Unknown Animals cites animals that had only been discovered relatively recently, such as the pygmy chimpanzee, Coelocanth, Komodo Dragon and Giant Panda; and those that are believed to have gone extinct relatively recently, such as the Moa and Tasmanian Tiger. He then discusses evidence for cryptids from all over the world including the Mokele-mbembe, Sea Serpent, Yeti and many others, with an extensive bibliography. He begins by complaining that "The Press has made such a laughing-stock of the Loch Ness Monster...that no scientific commission has ever dared tackle the problem" and ends with the wish that any new species are not merely slaughtered for trophies: "Have pity on them all, for it is we who are the real monsters."
Contents
- Part 1: The Great Days of Zoology are Not Done
- Part 2: The Man-Faced Animals of South-East Asia
- Part 3: The Living Fossils of Oceania
- Part 4: Riddles of the Green Continent
- Part 5: The Giants of the Far North
- Part 6: The Lesson of the Malagasy Ghosts
Bibliography
- Sur la Piste des Bêtes Ignorées by Bernard Heuvelmans, Libraire Plon, 1955
- On the Track of Unknown Animals by Bernard Heuvelmans, trans Richard Garnett, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1958
- On the Track of Unknown Animals by Bernard Heuvelmans, Kegan Paul, 3rd revised edition, 1995 ISBN 0-7103-0498-6
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