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Author : Richard Lydekker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Mammals
ISBN : UOM:39015019711442
Author : Richard Lydekker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 1331931010
Excerpt from A Hand-Book to the Marsupialia and Monotremata The volume which Mr. Lydekker has written will, I believe, be found to be very useful to the student of Mammalia. The volumes of Gould's "Mammals of Australia" are both rare and costly, and the object of the "Naturalist's Library" is to give, within a handy compass, a scientific, and yet popular, account of the Australian Mammals. For the scientist, Mr. Oldfield Thomas's "Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the collection of the British Museum" is the indispensable compendium of our knowledge of these two Orders up to the year 1888. During the six years which have since elapsed, a few new species have been described, and these have been added in the present work by Mr. Lydekker, whose notes on the fossil species, on which he is one of the first authorities, lend an additional interest to the volume. Especial care has been bestowed upon the plates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Richard Lydekker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:602034243
Author : Richard Lydekker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Mammals
ISBN : HARVARD:HN25L6
Author : British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology,Oldfield Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Marsupialia
ISBN : UBBS:UBBS-00114740
Author : Oldfield Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:882769871
Author : J. I. Menzies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Science
ISBN : 9980945125
Have you ever seen a string bag decorated with jaw bones or bits of fur and wondered what animal they came from? Or seen animals offered for sale, live or dead, cooked or uncooked, in local markets and wondered what they were? This book may help you to identify local fauna that you may see when you travel around New Guinea and the islands of eastern Indonesia. Here are descriptions or all the native marsupial and monotreme animals with an account of their way of life together with suggestions for further reading and notes on their care in captivity.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:780258514
Author : Oldfield Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 1331964091
Excerpt from Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata: Collection of the British Museum (Natural History) This volume, the greater part of which is devoted to the Marsupialia, has been prepared by Mr. O. Thomas, one of the Assistants in this Department, on the plan of the new series of the Zoological Catalogues of the British Museum; it contains descriptions of every species known, with references to all the descriptions and figures previously published, and gives a complete detailed list of the specimens in the Museum Collection. The large series of specimens examined by the author has enabled him to pay special attention to the various degrees of relation which obtain between forms previously described under uniformly binomial terms; in judging of these relationships he has relied on craniological as well as external characters. Beside the Marsupials the Monotremes have been embodied in this volume, this division of Mammals being numerically too small to form a volume by itself. Since the year 1843, when 'The List of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum' was prepared by my predecessor, no general account of the Marsupials in that collection has been published, whilst nearly all the other Orders of the Class were made the subjects of continuous study and revision. This seeming neglect was chiefly duo to the appearance of two works, viz. Waterhouse's standard work on these Mammals in 1846, which then, in the course of the following twelve years, was supplemented by Gould's excellent illustrations in his 'Mammals of Australia.' Both these works had a direct relation to the collection of the British Museum, and for many years seemed to fully satisfy the needs of the zoologist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : J. I. Menzies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Mammals
ISBN : CORNELL:31924068968787
Author : William Hay Caldwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Marsupials
ISBN : PRNC:32101076036761
Author : Andrew Baker,Chris Dickman
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781486305162
Most living carnivorous marsupials lead a secretive and solitary existence. From tiny insect eaters to the formidable Tasmanian Devil, Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials offers rare insight into the history and habits of these creatures – from their discovery by intrepid explorers and scientists to their unique life cycles and incredible ways of hunting prey. Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials provides a guide to the world’s 136 living species of carnivorous marsupials and is packed with never-before-seen photos. Biogeography, relationships and conservation are also covered in detail. Readers are taken on a journey through remote Australia, the Americas and dark, mysterious New Guinea – some of the last truly wild places on Earth. The book describes frenzied mating sessions, minuscule mammals that catch prey far larger than themselves, and extinct predators including marsupial lions, wolves and even sabre-toothed kangaroos.
Author : Robert S. Voss,Sharon A. Jansa
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421439792
The definitive volume on opossums, a group of ecologically and scientifically important mammals, covering natural history, evolution, behavior, and biogeography. Opossums are the most diverse and ecologically important group of New World marsupials, although only the Virginia opossum is familiar to North American residents. In fact, many species of opossums are found in Neotropical rainforests, savannas, and other habitats, where they are key participants in food webs and other ecological relationships. One species, the short-tail opossum (Monodelphis domestica), has recently become a model organism for biomedical researchers. Eclipsed in the public imagination by their Australian relatives, opossums remained for many years a somewhat obscure group, of interest primarily to taxonomists and students of mammalian reproduction. While thousands of scientific articles have appeared in recent years on opossum systematics, morphology, behavior, physiology, genetics, and ecology, this important but widely scattered literature has never been effectively summarized—until now. In Opossums, the first book-length treatment of these fascinating organisms, recognized authorities Robert S. Voss and Sharon A. Jansa synthesize a wide range of available information about the diversity, comparative biology, and natural history of the opossum. Peering into every biological facet of the lives of these long-neglected mammals, the volume includes • introductory chapters explaining the paleontological and biogeographic context for opossum evolution • an overview of the extant fauna, which includes over 100 species in 18 genera • a section devoted to opossum phenotypes: morphology, physiology, and behavior • detailed information on opossum natural history, including habitats, diets, predators, and parasites • in-depth and novel interpretations of opossums' adaptive radiation in a phylogenetic context Intended for undergraduate biology majors, graduate students, and research professionals, this coherent and original portrait of opossums will be of particular interest to mammalogists, evolutionary biologists, and Neotropical field biologists as well as biomedical researchers working with Monodelphis domestica as a model organism.
Author : Penny Olsen
Publisher : National Library Australia
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Amphibians
ISBN : 9780642277060
Late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Eurocentric perceptions of natural history led to the flora and fauna of the new colony of New South Wales being viewed as deficient and inferior. The swans of the colony were black and eagles white, birds built shell-strewn avenues of sticks to cavort in and parrots walked on the ground. The mammals carried their young in a pouch and there were furred animals that laid eggs. This 'miscellany of the curious' fuelled the rage for Australian natural history amongst the upper classes of Europe, bringing income and, occasionally, fame to its collectors and documenters. On the ground, in the colony, it contributed to great change for the animals and, in some cases, extinction. In Upside Down World author Penny Olsen documents how our scientific knowledge evolved, using collectors' and naturalists' journals to enhance her stories.
Author : Alistair Glen,Christopher Dickman
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780643103177
The Australian continent provides a unique perspective on the evolution and ecology of carnivorous animals. In earlier ages, Australia provided the arena for a spectacular radiation of marsupial and reptilian predators. The causes of their extinctions are still the subject of debate. Since European settlement, Australia has seen the extinction of one large marsupial predator (the thylacine), another (the Tasmanian devil) is in danger of imminent extinction, and still others have suffered dramatic declines. By contrast, two recently-introduced predators, the fox and cat, have been spectacularly successful, with devastating impacts on the Australian fauna. Carnivores of Australia: Past, Present and Future explores Australia's unique predator communities from pre-historic, historic and current perspectives. It covers mammalian, reptilian and avian carnivores, both native and introduced to Australia. It also examines the debate surrounding how best to manage predators to protect livestock and native biodiversity. Readers will benefit from the most up-to-date synthesis by leading researchers and managers in the field of carnivore biology. By emphasising Australian carnivores as exemplars of flesh-eaters in other parts of the world, this book will be an important reference for researchers, wildlife managers and students worldwide.