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A field guide to the mammals of Australia / by Peter Menkhorst ; illustrated by Frank Knight
Bib ID 2964088
Format BookBook
Author
Menkhorst, Peter
 
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Description South Melbourne, Australia ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 
x, 269 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm. 
ISBN 019550870X (pbk)  019550870X 
Summary

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.

Full 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
 
Notes

Map of Australia on front lining papers; fauna footprints on back lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-254) and indexes.

Subjects Mammals - Australia - Identification.  |  Mammals  |  Classification  |  Reference works
Other authors/contributors Knight, Frank, 1941-
Also Titled

Mammals of Australia

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