This fully revised and updated edition of A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia is the only comprehensive guide to identifying all 382 species of mammals known in Australia. INDICE: 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 treekangaroos; 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
- ISBN: 978-0-19-557395-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 296
- Fecha Publicación: 01/12/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés