A field guide to the mammals of Australia / by Peter Menkhorst ; illustrated by Frank Knight.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menkhorst, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mammals--Australia--Identification.

Mammals.

Australia.

Genre:

Field guides.

Physical Description:

x, 269 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

The only truly comprehensive guide to all 376 Australian mammals, including kangaroos, koala, bandicoots, dunnarts, Bilbies, cuscuses, possums, wombats, bats, rodents, deer, seals, whales, and dolphins. The guide uses the classic field guide layout, including 4-color illustrations drawn by Australia's premier artist, Frank Knight, diagrams to help distinguish similar species, measurements, distribution maps, and accurate details of appearance, diagnostic features, habitat, and key behavioral characteristics. Simplicity and organization makes this a perfect guide for tourists, bush walkers, and students.

Contents:

Geographic coverage 1

Identifying a mammal quickly 1

Classification and names 1

Field characters 2

Identification keys 2

Species accounts 3

Distribution maps 7

Field techniques for identifying mammals 8

Finding mammals 8

Field characters 11

How mammals are measured 12

Submitting records 12

Checklist of Australian Mammals 14

Identification Keys to Australian Mammals 23

Notes on using the keys 23

Keys to orders and genera of small mammals 23

Key to species of marine mammals 23

Identification keys 24

Habitat types 39

Key to distribution maps 43

Species Accounts and Plates 44

Monotremes (plate 1) 44

Carnivorous marsupials (plates 2-16) 46

Bandicoots and bilbies (plates 17-19) 76

Koala and wombats (plate 20) 82

Cuscuses (plate 21) 84

Possums and gliders (plates 21-28) 84

Bettongs, rat-kangaroos and potoroos (plates 29-32) 100

Kangaroos and wallabies (plates 32-46) 106

Fruit bats (plates 47-49) 136

Insectivorous bats (plates 50-64) 142

Rodents (plates 65-81) 172

Introduced carnivores (plate 82) 206

Introduced herbivores (plates 83-87) 208

Seals (plates 88-90) 218

Dolphins, porpoises and Killer Whale (plates 91-94) 224

Whales (plates 95-103) 232

Dugong (plate 104) 250.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

019550870X

OCLC:

48964751