Tracks, Scats, and Other Traces: A Field Guide to Australian MammalsThis 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. |
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Page 248
... Lower jaw For most of the species illustrated , the Guide shows the profile of the right lower jaw from the inner ( tongue ) side . In cases where the lower jaws are usually found joined ( wombats and Koala ) they are shown from above . The ...
... Lower jaw For most of the species illustrated , the Guide shows the profile of the right lower jaw from the inner ( tongue ) side . In cases where the lower jaws are usually found joined ( wombats and Koala ) they are shown from above . The ...
Page 251
... 16-30 cm F1 320-1 10-16 cm F2 , F3 322-5 7-10 cm F3 , F4 324-7 1-7 cm F4 , F5 326-9 Humeri and Femurs S1 Note that the A Horse photographs 251 Skulls, Lower Jaws, Humeri and Femurs Key to Skulls, Lower Jaws, Humeri and Femurs.
... 16-30 cm F1 320-1 10-16 cm F2 , F3 322-5 7-10 cm F3 , F4 324-7 1-7 cm F4 , F5 326-9 Humeri and Femurs S1 Note that the A Horse photographs 251 Skulls, Lower Jaws, Humeri and Femurs Key to Skulls, Lower Jaws, Humeri and Femurs.
Page 252
... are often lost after death . Dental formula : Upper jaw — 10 , CO , P3 , M3 Lower jaw 13 , C1 , P3 , M3 Similar species : Water Buffalo , some species of deer cm A Horse 6 B Domestic Cattle 1 9 10 252 Guide to Skulls , Lower Jaws ,
... are often lost after death . Dental formula : Upper jaw — 10 , CO , P3 , M3 Lower jaw 13 , C1 , P3 , M3 Similar species : Water Buffalo , some species of deer cm A Horse 6 B Domestic Cattle 1 9 10 252 Guide to Skulls , Lower Jaws ,
Contents
Tracks | 1 |
Scats | 85 |
Shelters Feeding Signs and Other Traces | 188 |
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animals areas Australia Bilby birds blade-like Bounding track pattern Brown Bandicoot burrows Bush Rat canine carnivores cheek teeth claws Common Brushtail Possum Common Ringtail Possum Common Wombat deer Dental formula Dingo Dunnart Eastern Grey Kangaroo Echidna entrance Feeding signs feral flange Flying-fox forest and woodland Front foot track gait grass grassland Greater Glider ground Hare-wallaby hind feet Hind foot track holes incisors insects Key to Scats knob Koala Leadbeater's Possum leave Long-nosed Bandicoot Long-nosed Potoroo lost after death lower jaws M4 Similar species mammals marsupials molars Nailtail Wallaby nests Northern Northern Brown Bandicoot odour Pademelon pellets Phascogale Planigale plant material Plate Platypus premolar Prominent shelf Pygmy-possum rainforest Red Fox Red-necked Wallaby ridges rodents Rufous Bettong scats shelter skull sometimes Spot-tailed Quoll Sugar Glider Swamp Wallaby Tasmanian Devil Text page 169 toes track pattern Figure tracks Figure Tree-kangaroo trees tussocks usually Walking track pattern Wallaroo