A field guide to the mammals of Australia
Menkhorst, Peter2001
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This title provides concise and accurate details of the appearance, diagnostic features, distribution, habitat, and key behavioural characters of all mammals known to have occurred in Australia or its waters since the time of settlement by Europeans.
Main title:
A field guide to the mammals of Australia / by Peter Menkhorst ; illustrated by Frank Knight.
Imprint:
South Melbourne, Australia ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Collation:
x, 269 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Map of Australia on front lining papers; fauna footprints on back lining papers.Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-254) and indexes.
Contents:
Machine derived contents note: Foreword by Mike Archer -- Acknowledgements -- 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 -- Keys to orders and genera of small mammals -- Key to species of marine mammals -- Index to keys -- Identification keys -- Habitat types -- Abbreviations -- Key to distribution maps -- Species Accounts and Plates -- Monotremes (plate 1) -- Carnivorous marsupials (plates 2-16) -- Bandicoots and bilbies (plates 17-19) -- Koala and wombats (plate 20) -- Cuscuses (plate 21) -- Possums and gliders (plates 21-28) -- Bettongs, rat-kangaroos and potoroos (plates 29-32) -- Kangaroos and wallabies (plates 32-46) -- Fruit bats (plates 47-49) -- Insectivorous bats (plates 50-64) -- Rodents (plates 65-81) -- Introduced carnivores (plate 82) -- Introduced herbivores (plates 83-87) -- Seals (plates 88-90) -- Dolphins, porpoises and Killer Whale (plates 91-94) -- Whales (plates 95-103) -- Dugong (plate 104) -- Addendum -- Further Reading -- Glossary -- Index to Common Names -- Index to Scientific Names.
ISBN:
019550870X (pbk)
Dewey class:
599.0994
Language:
English
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BRN:
7903
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