Title Mammals of the South-West Pacific / Tyrone Lavery, Tim Flannery

Published Clayton South, VIC, Australia : CSIRO Publishing ; Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2023] ©2023

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 345 pages) : color illustrations, maps (some color) Contents Introduction -- Preamble to species accounts -- Geology -- Flora and vegetation -- Human presence, translocation and extinction -- Palaeontology -- Zoogeography -- Conservation of South-west Pacific mammals -- Species accounts -- Monotremata -- Tachyglossidae -- Dasyuromorphia -- Dasyuridae -- Peramelemorphia -- Peroryctidae -- Diprotodontia -- Acrobatidae -- Macropodidae -- Phalangeridae -- Petauridae -- Pseudocheiridae -- Rodentia -- Muridae -- Chiroptera -- Pteropodidae -- Emballonuridae -- Hipposideridae -- Miniopteridae -- Molossidae -- Mystacinidae -- Rhinolophidae -- Vespertilionidae -- Introduced species -- Artiodactyla -- Bovidae -- Cervidae -- Suidae -- Carnivora -- Viveriidae -- Felidae -- Canidae -- Diprotodontia -- Macropodidae -- Phalangeridae -- Erinaceomorpha -- Erinaceidae -- Lagomorpha -- Leporidae -- Primates -- Cercopithecidae -- Rodentia -- Muridae -- Soricomorpha -- Soricidae -- Glossary -- Appendix A: Annotated faunal list for the nations and territories of the region Summary Provides a much-needed update to the mammalogy of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Mammals -- Oceania -- Identification Mammals -- Islands of the Pacific Mammals -- Islands of the Pacific -- Identification Wildlife: mammals. Animal ecology. Nature - Mammals. Science - Life Sciences - Ecology. Science - Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology (see Also Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology) Science - Life Sciences - Evolution. History - General. Mamíferos -- Oceanía -- Identificación Mamíferos -- Islas del Pacífico -- Identificación Mammals Zoology: mammals (mammalogy) Ecological science, the Biosphere. Zoology & animal sciences. Genetics (non-medical) Biodiversity. History of science. Oceania Pacific Ocean -- Islands of the Pacific Form Electronic book Author Flannery, Tim F. (Tim Fridtjof), 1956- author. ISBN 9781486312634 1486312632 9781486312641 1486312640

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