This second part of Volume 1 provides excellent coverage of the 34 native Australian mammal families, as well as the nine introduced families of mammals, in an Australian context. General essays and each family chapter include information on the history of scientific discovery, morphology and physiology, natural history, biogeography and phylogeny, care and conservation. Complete pictorial keys to the genera of mammals in Australia are included.
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Seller: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good. pages 401 to 1227 heavy book check postage with us. Seller Inventory # 4650a
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Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. VERY HEAVY-additional postage required to most locations. ix, pp401-1227; index, keys, references, bw ills, diagrams. Orange cloth in jacket. Jacket very faded at spine and some edges, jacket attached to volume with clear adhesive plastic (contact), prev owner label on front pastedown. Light foxing to fore-edge. All mammals of Australia including introduced species. A major contribution to the zoological literature of Australia. Size: Folio. Seller Inventory # 053107
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Seller: Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, Australia
Quarto,401-1227 pp.,illustrations, fine copy in spine sunned dustwrapper. This volume represents the first attempt to deal with the general biology of the entire Australian mammalian fauna. Seller Inventory # 16556
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