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 254
... cheek teeth have erupted . The canine grows at an angle to the jaw , and in older males it may form a prominent tusk . 2 The cheek teeth have many knobbed cusps . Dental formula : 13 , C1 , P4 , M3 Similar species : None B Sheep 3 No ...
... cheek teeth have erupted . The canine grows at an angle to the jaw , and in older males it may form a prominent tusk . 2 The cheek teeth have many knobbed cusps . Dental formula : 13 , C1 , P4 , M3 Similar species : None B Sheep 3 No ...
Page 302
... Cheek teeth have sharp cusps . 9 Angle of jaw greater than in Northern Brown Bandicoot ( C ) . 10 Shelf has a sharp projection . Dental formula : I3 , C1 , P3 , M4 Similar species : Eastern Barred Bandicoot , Northern Brown Bandicoot ...
... Cheek teeth have sharp cusps . 9 Angle of jaw greater than in Northern Brown Bandicoot ( C ) . 10 Shelf has a sharp projection . Dental formula : I3 , C1 , P3 , M4 Similar species : Eastern Barred Bandicoot , Northern Brown Bandicoot ...
Page 308
... Cheek teeth have sharp cusps . Prominent shelf with sharp projection . Dental formula : 13 , C1 , P3 , M4 Similar species : Brown Antechinus ( B ) and other Antechinus species ; Red - tailed Phascogale ; Brush - tailed Phascogale simi ...
... Cheek teeth have sharp cusps . Prominent shelf with sharp projection . Dental formula : 13 , C1 , P3 , M4 Similar species : Brown Antechinus ( B ) and other Antechinus species ; Red - tailed Phascogale ; Brush - tailed Phascogale simi ...
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