Field Guide to Mammals of Australia

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2011
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Hobby & Freizeit
Thema:	Tiere/Jagen/Angeln
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780195573954
ISBN-10:	0195573951
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Menkhorst, Peter Knight, Frank
Auflage:	3rd edition
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	237 x 161 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Peter Menkhorst (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	18.03.2011
Gewicht:	0,526 kg