A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia
A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia
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9780195573954 |
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Paperback |
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Published: |
18 Nov 2010 |
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424
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$59.95 AUD
$66.99 NZD
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
How to use this field guide
Geographic coverage
Identifying a mammal quickly
Classification and names
Field characters
Identification keys
Species accounts
Plates
Distribution maps
Field techniques for identifying mammals
Finding mammals
Field characters
How mammals are measured
Submitting records
References
Checklist of Australian Mammals
Identification Keys to Australian Mammals
Notes on using the keys
Index to keys
Identification keys
Habitat types
Abbreviations
Key to distribution maps
Species
Accounts and Plates
Monotremes
Carnivorous marsupials
Bandicoots and bilbies
Koala and wombats
Cuscuses/possums and gliders
Possums and gliders
Bettongs, rat-kangaroos and potoroos
Rat-kangaroos and tree kangaroos
Fruit bats
Insectivorous bats
Rodents
Introduced carnivores
Introduced herbivores
Seals Dolphins and whales
Dugong
Further Reading
Glossary
Index to Scientific Names
Index to Common Names
Authors
Peter Menkhorst
Peter Menkhorst has been fascinated by Australia's flora and fauna for most of his life. He has participated in fauna surveys in many parts of Australia and has worked in wildlife research and management in Victoria for thirty-five years. He has published widely in the scientific and popular literature, including editing an Australian bird guide. Frank Knight worked as an illustrator for CSIRO for twenty-five years. He has been a member of and has exhibited with the Society of Animal Art in New York. He has also illustrated a number of natural history books, including an Australian bird guide.