menkhorst peter; knight frank - field guide to mammals of australia

Field Guide to Mammals of Australia

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NOTE EDITORE
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. This book provides concise and accurate details of the appearance, diagnostic features, distribution, habitat, and key behavioural characteristics of all mammals known to have occurred in Australia or its waters since the time of European settlement. Each double-page spread provides all the information needed to identify an animal, a full-colour illustration of the entire animal, a smaller diagram of diagnostic features, a distribution map, and species description and measurements, including details of how to differentiate between similar species. Identification keys are provided for groups that are difficult to identify to species level, including keys to the genera of small marsupials, rodents, and bats, and all marine mammals likely to be washed on to an Australian beach: whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, and the Dugong.

SOMMARIO
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

AUTORE
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.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI
  • Condizione: Nuovo
  • ISBN: 9780195573954
  • Dimensioni: 232 x 17.2 x 159 mm Ø 506 gr
  • Formato: Brossura
  • Illustration Notes: 100 colour plates; 300 maps; 350 drawings
  • Pagine Arabe: 296