Jungle of the Maya

by Jim Wright and Douglas Goodell

The Selva Maya (Jungle of the Maya) is one of the world's most magical yet least appreciated places--an enormous tropical forest that encompasses much of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. At 9,000,000 acres, it is the largest contiguous tropical forest north of the Amazon in the Western Hemisphere. Within its borders, the Selva Maya provides habitat for an astonishing diversity of plants and animals--more than 500 species of birds...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292714122
• ISBN13: 9780292714120
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.6" x 10.8"