Rating: 
Summary: thumbs down
Review: Only five animals spotlighted. No explanation of orientation i.e. dorsal. No explanation of what is depicted, especially maddening with certain cross sections. The art is uniform, clean, and attractive. The attention to each animal is not identical, i.e. ones mouth is highlighted in depth while others are not.
Rating: 
Summary: Detailed and accurate
Review: This book has been an enormous help with both drawing and sculpting. My only complaint is the narrow range of species. The book is heavy on horses, dogs, lions and cows. I'd like to see more variety - giraffes, perhaps?
Rating: 
Summary: The most detailed, but limited scope
Review: This book is the best book I have yet found on animal anatomy. However, that may not be saying much. Nearly a third of the book is devoted to the horse, and the remainder is divided into increasingly smaller sections on the cow, dog, cat, and goat. Then, at the end, there are several one-page plates of bats, flying squirrels, and other assorted animals most people will only snicker at the presence of.
Still, if you want a way to see how the horse, cow, cat, or dog is 'put together,' this is the best I've found without bringing wrath of the EPA and PETA down on you.
Rating:
Summary: The most detailed, but limited scope
Review: This book is the best book I have yet found on animal anatomy. However, that may not be saying much. Nearly a third of the book is devoted to the horse, and the remainder is divided into increasingly smaller sections on the cow, dog, cat, and goat. Then, at the end, there are several one-page plates of bats, flying squirrels, and other assorted animals most people will only snicker at the presence of.
Still, if you want a way to see how the horse, cow, cat, or dog is 'put together,' this is the best I've found without bringing wrath of the EPA and PETA down on you.
Rating:
Summary: Nice book for the money
Review: This is an excellent reference for drawing or sculpting
horses, dogs and lions, but there isn't much else. For most
animals, it presents professional B/W illustrations of
skeleton, muscles and complete flesh from every angle, as well
as average dimensions, making it a very useful reference.
However, I didn't give it a perfect score because it doesn't
have any information on tigers, which are the most beautiful
animals, and other common animals were forgotten, such as cats,
elephants, giraffes, squirrels, monkeys (more than a side
view), bears, rabbits, snakes, etc. And it has strange animals
you may never want or need to draw, like a flying squirrel or
rat kangaroo?! In any case, I definitely got my money's worth
for $12.99 and I highly recommend it for horses, dogs or lions.
Rating:
Summary: Great Book for Artists
Review: This is exactly what I needed for doing horse sculptures. A+ Very happy with my purchase. Will also use it for the other animals!
Rating:
Summary: A beautiful and accurate anatomy text for artists.
Review: This text is also useful for those in other fields, horsemanship in particular, as the plates give a good idea of 3-D relationships of equine musculature.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent plates of different animals
Review: Thorough and precise anatomical drawings of animals commonly portrayed in art (the horse, the dog, etc.). The skeletal and muscular system is rendered in different layers for each animal and from different perspectives (top, side, back, front). Even has detailed drawings of their heads, paws/hooves.
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