University of Chicago Press, 2022. — 400 p. — ISBN-13 : 978-0226789255 Think of a platypus: They lay eggs (that hatch into so-called platypups), produce milk without nipples and venom without fangs, and can detect electricity. Or a wombat: Their teeth never stop growing, they poop cubes, and they defend themselves with reinforced rears. And what about antechinuses—tiny...
London: Published by the Author, 1863. — 51 p. The Preface and Introduction to my "Mammals of Australia" having been set up in small type for facility of correction, I have had a limited number of copies printed in an octavo form, for distribution among my scientific friends and others, to whom I trust it will be at once useful and acceptable. They must however still regard it...
London: Published by the Author, 1863. — 171 p. Having been permitted to dedicate my work on the “ Birds of Australia ” to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, I was naturally desirous of dedicating the companion-work on the Mammals of the same country to Her Majesty s most enlightened and accomplished Consort; and the required permission was readily and graciously granted...
London: Published by the Author, 1863. — 150 p. Having been permitted to dedicate my work on the “ Birds of Australia ” to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, I was naturally desirous of dedicating the companion-work on the Mammals of the same country to Her Majesty s most enlightened and accomplished Consort; and the required permission was readily and graciously granted...
London: Published by the Author, 1863. — 106 p. Having been permitted to dedicate my work on the “ Birds of Australia ” to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, I was naturally desirous of dedicating the companion-work on the Mammals of the same country to Her Majesty s most enlightened and accomplished Consort; and the required permission was readily and graciously granted...
Csiro Publishing, 2003. — 524 p. — ISBN: 0-643-06635-7. This work includes a review of the biology of each group in the wild with the information being taken to increase the understanding and husbandry standard in captivity. It gives practical guidance for keeping native mammals in captivity, with each chapter containing information on the biology, housing, capture and...
Sydney: Thomas Richards, government printer, 1871. — 55 p. The following plates representing some of our Mammals, for which these brief descriptions have been written, were published, in the first instance, by the Council of Education, as Object Lessons, for the use of their Schools. Mr. A.W. Scott, M.A., was entrusted with their execution, and his talented Daughters, Miss Scott...
Allen & Unwin, 2024. — 314 p. The remarkable story of the world's largest marsupial carnivore, including its rescue from near extinction through an innovative breeding program. This second edition has been fully updated. At night their shrieks and growls echo through the Tasmanian bush, and they are famous for their ferocious bite and scavenging habits. In fact the Tasmanian...
2nd Edition. — Allen & Unwin, 2023. — 316 p. The tragic story of how ignorance, fear and lack of care led to the disappearance of the famous Tasmanian tiger. This updated edition includes the latest research on whether it could ever be cloned and returned to the wild. Is it still out there? People claim to keep seeing it still. Once the world's largest marsupial predator, the...
North Ryde: The Australium museum, 1991. — 530 p. The book surveys the rich and varied world of Australian mammals from the well-known Platypus, Koala and kangaroo species to the little known pygmy-possums, bats and carnivorous marsupials, the seals and sea-lions, and even the introduced mammals such as rabbits, camels and deer. The text is written by more than 100 acknowledged...
CSIRO PUBLISHING, 2007. — 188 p. — ISBN: 9780643091672. Dictionary of Australian and New Guinean Mammals is the first unified guide to the mammals of both Australia and New Guinea. Based on Ronald Strahan’s first dictionary of Australian mammals, published in 1981, it includes all species, both native and introduced. For each species and genus, it provides a clear guide to...
Sofia, Bulgaria : Pensoft, 2004. — 214 p. : col. ill., maps. — ISBN 9546421987. Much of the content of his book was originally released in 1999, as a CD-Rom titled Mammals of Australia. Due to new technology, viz the sudden introduction of DVD’s shortly thereafter, the demand for CD-Roms declined rapidly. Even so, the success of this CD-Rom was shown by the fact that the...
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