This book, an enlarged and updated successor to Mammal Tracks and Signs: A Field guide for South-Eastern Australia (winner of the Whitley Award for the Best Field Guide in 1984), covers all Australian states and territories, contains hundreds of new illustrations and extensive new text, and is formatted for easy identification of the visible traces left by mammals in their passage. It is divided into four forms of classification: drawings of 'perfect' tracks matched with photographs of the same tracks in sand or mud; color illustrations depicting scats of 128 species of mammals--with a distribution maps and habitat information--along with pellets and scats of birds, reptiles and invertebrates; detailed descriptions and over 70 color photographs of the distinctive traces of mammals at shelters and feeding sites; and 40 full page plates of skulls, lower jaws, humeri and femurs covering the more commonly found species, plus a detailed guide covering all mammal groups. Naturalists are becoming increasingly aware of the value of the indirect methods of finding and identifying mammals. This handbook of detection will be an essential companion to be kept in the pocket, backpack or car for constant ready reference.

Tracks, Scats and Other Traces: A Field Guide to Australian Mammals

Science & Math

Triggs, Barbara

Biological Sciences

Oxford University Press

This book contains hundreds of illustrations and is organized in an accessible format for easy identification of the visible traces left by Australian mammals in their passage. Triggs provides all the information needed to identify mammals anywhere in Australia, using only the tracks or other signs these animals leave behind. This is an indispensable guide for bushwalkers, naturalists, students, zoologists, and other professionals -- in fact, it will appeal to anyone who ever wanted a better understanding of Australia's unique mammal fauna.

* Over 100 illustrations, including 28 color plates * Drawings by Peter Schouten * New information on the two hairy-nosed species of wombats One of Australia’s most engaging marsupials, the wombat is also one of the most disparaged and least understood. Often depicted as slow, muddle-headed and clumsy, it can, in fact, outpace a human or a dog over a short distance. Wombats are quick to learn and superbly adapted to their burrowing way of life. This book gives a full account of the wombat’s way of life and examines the many hazards that wombats face. Dealing mainly with the Bare-nosed Wombat, Vombatus ursinus, it includes the latest information on the Southern and Northern Hairy-nosed Wombats, Lasiorhinus latifrons and Lasiorhiunus krefftii, among the world’s most endangered animals. The book also gives practical advice on rearing orphan wombats.

Wombats (Australian Natural History Series)

CSIRO Publishing

Wombats

Orion Publishing Co

The Wombat: Common Wombats in Australia (Australian Natural History Series) [paperback] Triggs,

The Wombat: Common Wombats in Australia (Australian Natural History Series)

Univ of New South Wales

This is the first book published solely about one of Australia's iconic marsupials: the wombat. It gives a full account of the wombat's way of life above and below the ground, its life cycle, maternal behaviour, mating and reproduction.

History

Australia & Oceania

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Tracks, Scats and Other Traces: A Field Guide to Australian Mammals

Tracks, Scats and Other Traces: A Field Guide to Australian Mammals

Wombats (Australian Natural History Series)

Wombats

The Wombat: Common Wombats in Australia (Australian Natural History Series)

The Wombat: Common Wombats in Australia (Australian Natural History Series)