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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... ground when running . Animals that run fast and cover large distances generally have longer limbs , and only their toes ( digits ) touch the ground . These are digitigrade animals . The feet of animals that move mainly by running have ...
... ground when running . Animals that run fast and cover large distances generally have longer limbs , and only their toes ( digits ) touch the ground . These are digitigrade animals . The feet of animals that move mainly by running have ...
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... ground inside the two hind feet , which are also usually flat on the ground but may sometimes be up on the toes . The front paws are moved for- ward together ; the hind feet then move up together and are placed either side of the front ...
... ground inside the two hind feet , which are also usually flat on the ground but may sometimes be up on the toes . The front paws are moved for- ward together ; the hind feet then move up together and are placed either side of the front ...
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... ground , leaving just a few spines visible . In the breeding season , which is usually in winter , the fe- male may ... ground . Feeding signs The nests of ants and termites often show the damage caused by a feeding echidna . These nests ...
... ground , leaving just a few spines visible . In the breeding season , which is usually in winter , the fe- male may ... ground . Feeding signs The nests of ants and termites often show the damage caused by a feeding echidna . These nests ...
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