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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... Key to Tracks Guide to Tracks 8 10 X Scats 85 Key to Scats 90 Guide to Scats 156 Shelters , Feeding Signs and Other Traces Key to Shelters 190 188 192 Key to Feeding Signs and Other Traces Guide to Shelters , Feeding Signs and Other ...
... Key to Tracks Guide to Tracks 8 10 X Scats 85 Key to Scats 90 Guide to Scats 156 Shelters , Feeding Signs and Other Traces Key to Shelters 190 188 192 Key to Feeding Signs and Other Traces Guide to Shelters , Feeding Signs and Other ...
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... scats Marsupials KANGAROOS AND THEIR RELATIVES Kangaroos , Wallaroos and Large Wallabies Scats of these animals are usually ... Key to Scats . Fresh scats have a strong odour , similar to plant humus . Dry scats have little or no odour ...
... scats Marsupials KANGAROOS AND THEIR RELATIVES Kangaroos , Wallaroos and Large Wallabies Scats of these animals are usually ... Key to Scats . Fresh scats have a strong odour , similar to plant humus . Dry scats have little or no odour ...
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... scats near their burrows and on rocks as territorial markers . The scats of some snakes can be mistaken for those of these small carnivores ( see Figures 232 , 233 ) . Key to Scats Nos 5 , 6 , 8-10 , 31 , 33 , Plates 27 , 28 , 33 ...
... scats near their burrows and on rocks as territorial markers . The scats of some snakes can be mistaken for those of these small carnivores ( see Figures 232 , 233 ) . Key to Scats Nos 5 , 6 , 8-10 , 31 , 33 , Plates 27 , 28 , 33 ...
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