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An introductory textbook, focusing on animal behaviour and habitats organized into 3 parts. Part one covers the common life processes, including cell and tissue structure, the genetic basis of evolution, and the evolutionary and ecological principles that unify all life. Part two is the survey of animals, emphasizing evolutionary and ecological relationships, aspects of animal organization that unite major animal phyla, and animal adaptations. Part three covers animal form and function using a comparative approach and includes an appropriate balance between invertebrate and vertebrate descriptions.