| Description |
799 pages : colour illustrations, maps ; 32 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / D.E. Wilson -- Recently extinct Australian marsupials and monotremes / K.M. Helgen & E.G. Veatch -- Order Monotremata. Family Tachyglossidae (echidnas) / S.C. Nicol ; Family Ornithorhynchidae (platypus) / T.R. Grant -- Order Didelphimorphia. Family Didelphidae (opossums) / D. Astia -- Order Paucituberculata. Family Caenolestidae (shrew-opossums) / B.D. Patterson -- Order Microbiotheria. Family Microbiotheriidae (monito del monte) / R.E. Palma & A. Valladares-Gomez -- Order Notoryctemorphia. Family Notoryctidae (marsupial moles) / K.P. Aplin -- Order Dasuromorphia. Family Myrmecobiidae (numbat) / J.A. Friend ; Family Dasyuridae (carnivorous marsupials) / A.M. Baker -- Order Peramelemorphia. Family Thylacomyidae (greater bilby) / R.I. Southgate ; Family Peramelidae (bandicoots and echymiperas) / C.R. Dickman -- Order Diprotodontia. Family Phascolarctidae (koala) / S.M. Jackson ; Family Vombatidae (wombats) / R.T. Wells ; Family Burramyidae (pygmy possums) / S.M. Jackson ; Family Phalangeridae (cuscuses, brush-tailed possums and scaly-tailed possum) / K.M. Helgen & S.M. Jackson ; Family Pseudocheiridae (ring-tailed possums and greater gliders) / S.M. Jackson ; Family Petauridae (striped possums, Leadbetter's possum and lesser gliders) / S.M. Jackson ; Family Tarsipedidae (honey possum) / R.D. Wooller ; Family Acrobatidae (feather-tailed gliders and feather-tailed possum) / K.P. Aplin ; Family Hypsiprymnodontidae (musky rat kangaroo) / A.J. Dennis ; Family Potoroidae (bettongs and potoroos) / M.D.B. Eldridge & G.J. Frankham -- Family Macropodidae (kangaroos and wallabies) / M.D.B. Eldridge & G.M. Couson |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
"Published ... in association with Conservation International and IUCN"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 742-784) and index |
| Subject |
Mammals -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Marsupials -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Mammals
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Marsupials
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Monotremes
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Mammals
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Marsupialia
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Monotremata
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Mammalia (class)
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Mammals.
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Marsupials.
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encyclopedias.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopédies.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Author |
Wilson, Don E., editor
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Mittermeier, Russell A., editor
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Martínez-Vilalta, Albert, editor
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Leslie, D. M., editor
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Christie, David A., editor
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Llobet, Toni, editor, illustrator
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Hoyo, Josep del., editor
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Copete, José Luis, editor
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Aplin, K. P. (Kenneth Peter), 1958- author
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| ISBN |
9788496553996 |
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849655399X |
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