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Author | Bernard Heuvelmans |
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Language | French |
Genre | Non-fiction, cryptozoology |
Publication date | 1958 |
Publication place | France |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
ISBN | 0-7103-0498-6 |
On the Track of Unknown Animals is a cryptozoological book by the Belgian-French zoologist Bernard Heuvelmans that was first published in 1955 under the title Sur la Piste des BĂȘtes IgnorĂ©es. The English translation by Richard Garnett was published in 1958 with some updating by the author and with a foreword by Gerald Durrell.[1] A revised and abridged edition was published in 1965, and a further edition in 1995. It is credited with introducing the term cryptozoology[2] and established its author as the "Father of Cryptozoology."[3]