Tracks, Scats and Other Traces: A Field Guide to Australian MammalsThis book is an enlarged and updated successor to Mammal Tracks and Signs: A Field guide for South-Eastern Australia, which won the Whitley Award for the Best Field Guide in 1984. Tracks, Scats and Other Traces covers all Australian States and Territories, contains hundreds of newillustrations and extensive new text, and is organised in a different format for easier identification of the visible traces left by Australian mammals in their passage. It is divided into four sections, each of which has a Key for easy identification: * Tracks. Line drawings of 'perfect' tracks are matched with photographs of the same tracks in sand or mud. * Scats of 128 species of mammals are illustrated in full colour. A selection of scats and a distribution map and habitat information are given for each species. In addition, pellets and scats of birds, reptiles and invertebrates are illustrated. * Shelters, Feeding Signs and Other Traces provides detailed descriptions and over 70 colour photographs of the distinctive traces of mammals. * Bones. 40 full page plates of skulls, lower jaws, humeri and femurs cover 38 of the more commonly found species, plus a detailed guide which covers all mammal groups. Naturalists, both amateur and professional, are becoming increasingly aware of the value of the indirect methods of finding and identifying mammals. This handbook of detection will be an essential companion, to be kept in the pocket, backpack or car for constant ready reference. |
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Page 80
... bird Many other animals - birds , reptiles and insects , for example leave tracks that could be confused with those of mammals . Birds Perching birds spend much of their time in the trees , but many feed on the ground , where they ...
... bird Many other animals - birds , reptiles and insects , for example leave tracks that could be confused with those of mammals . Birds Perching birds spend much of their time in the trees , but many feed on the ground , where they ...
Page 178
... birds or reptiles , there are some that are similar . Also , some insects , particularly in the larval stage , produce waste material in the form of pellets that could be mistaken for the scats of small mammals . Birds Some bird species ...
... birds or reptiles , there are some that are similar . Also , some insects , particularly in the larval stage , produce waste material in the form of pellets that could be mistaken for the scats of small mammals . Birds Some bird species ...
Page 242
... birds ' nests built in tussocks and shrubs are similar to the nests of antechinuses and some rats and mice . Many bird species nest in the same kinds of holes in tree trunks and limbs as those used by many mammals for their shelters ...
... birds ' nests built in tussocks and shrubs are similar to the nests of antechinuses and some rats and mice . Many bird species nest in the same kinds of holes in tree trunks and limbs as those used by many mammals for their shelters ...
Contents
Scats | 85 |
Shelters Feeding Signs and Other Traces | 188 |
Skulls Lower Jaws Humeri and Femurs | 251 |
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