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 226
... holes are about 3-4 cm in diameter . No loose soil or sand is found at the pop - holes , as the vertical shafts are dug from underneath . The original entrance hole is blocked up , but a pile of soil or sand is left outside it . This ...
... holes are about 3-4 cm in diameter . No loose soil or sand is found at the pop - holes , as the vertical shafts are dug from underneath . The original entrance hole is blocked up , but a pile of soil or sand is left outside it . This ...
Page 242
... holes in tree trunks and limbs as those used by many mammals for their shelters . Feeding signs The regurgitated pellets of birds are similar to some mammal scats . They are described and illustrated in the Scats section ( pages 178–182 ) ...
... holes in tree trunks and limbs as those used by many mammals for their shelters . Feeding signs The regurgitated pellets of birds are similar to some mammal scats . They are described and illustrated in the Scats section ( pages 178–182 ) ...
Page 256
... holes at the rear of the palate . These holes are also absent in the Western Grey Kangaroo . Sev- eral small holes may be present in older skulls . Dental formula : 13 , C0 , P1 , M4 Similar species : Western Grey Kangaroo , Red ...
... holes at the rear of the palate . These holes are also absent in the Western Grey Kangaroo . Sev- eral small holes may be present in older skulls . Dental formula : 13 , C0 , P1 , M4 Similar species : Western Grey Kangaroo , Red ...
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