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Platypus / Tom Grant ; illustrated by Dominic Fanning.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grant, Tom, 1947-
- Series:
- Australian Natural History Series
- Australian natural history series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Platypus.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (168 p.)
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Presents factual information, a colourful history and biological investigation of this Australian icon.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Breeding biology; 3 Spurs and venom glands; 4 The sensory world of the platypus; 5 Energetics, diving and foraging; 6 Ecology; 7 Ancestry and evolution; 8 Conservation: platypuses and people; 9 Questions, answers and misconceptions; Selected references; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-155) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613156945
- 9780643102750
- 0643102752
- 9781283156943
- 1283156946
- 9780643101272
- 0643101276
- OCLC:
- 699521168
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