Field Guide to Mammals of Australia

Peter Menkhorst, Frank Knight

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Oxford University Press
18 November 2010

Zoology: Mammals; Wildlife: mammals

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.

By: Peter Menkhorst, Frank Knight
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 506g
ISBN: 9780195573954
ISBN 10: 0195573951
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 18 November 2010
Audience: General/trade , General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionHow to use this field guideGeographic coverageIdentifying a mammal quicklyClassification and namesField charactersIdentification keysSpecies accountsPlatesDistribution mapsField techniques for identifying mammalsFinding mammalsField charactersHow mammals are measuredSubmitting recordsReferencesChecklist of Australian MammalsIdentification Keys to Australian MammalsNotes on using the keysIndex to keysIdentification keysHabitat typesAbbreviationsKey to distribution mapsSpeciesAccounts and PlatesMonotremesCarnivorous marsupialsBandicoots and bilbiesKoala and wombatsCuscuses/possums and glidersPossums and glidersBettongs, rat-kangaroos and potoroosRat-kangaroos and tree kangaroosFruit batsInsectivorous batsRodentsIntroduced carnivoresIntroduced herbivoresSeals Dolphins and whalesDugongFurther ReadingGlossaryIndex to Scientific NamesIndex to Common Names