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 284
... M4 Similar species : Other Antechinus species ; Red - tailed Phascogale ; Brush - tailed Phascogale similar but larger ( S16 ) . Also dunnarts , planigales and other small insectivorous marsu- pials C Eastern Pygmy - possum 6789 First ...
... M4 Similar species : Other Antechinus species ; Red - tailed Phascogale ; Brush - tailed Phascogale similar but larger ( S16 ) . Also dunnarts , planigales and other small insectivorous marsu- pials C Eastern Pygmy - possum 6789 First ...
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... M4 Similar species : Eastern Barred Bandicoot , Northern Brown Bandicoot ( C ) , Southern Brown Bandicoot , Golden Bandicoot , Rufous Spiny Bandicoot , Bilby C Northern Brown Bandicoot 11 Three pairs of small incisors in each jaw ...
... M4 Similar species : Eastern Barred Bandicoot , Northern Brown Bandicoot ( C ) , Southern Brown Bandicoot , Golden Bandicoot , Rufous Spiny Bandicoot , Bilby C Northern Brown Bandicoot 11 Three pairs of small incisors in each jaw ...
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... M4 Similar species : Brown Antechinus ( B ) and other Antechinus species ; Red - tailed Phascogale ; Brush - tailed Phascogale simi- lar but larger . B Brown Antechinus 5 6 Small canine . Three small incisors in each jaw , often lost ...
... M4 Similar species : Brown Antechinus ( B ) and other Antechinus species ; Red - tailed Phascogale ; Brush - tailed Phascogale simi- lar but larger . B Brown Antechinus 5 6 Small canine . Three small incisors in each jaw , often lost ...
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 Antechinus Brown Bandicoot burrows Bush Rat canine carnivores cheek teeth claws Colour plate 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 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 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 Figure Tree-kangaroo trees tussocks usually Walking track pattern Wallaroo Water-rat