Life of marsupials
In Life of Marsupials, one of the world's leading experts explores the biology and evolution of this unusual group - with their extraordinary diversity of forms around the world - in Australia, New Guinea and South America.-back cover
442 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color)., maps ; 26 cm
9780643062573, 9780643091993, 9780643092204, 0643062572, 0643091998, 064309220X
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What is a marsupial?
Reproduction and development
Opossums of the Americas : cousins from a distant time
Predatory marsupials of Australasia : bright-eyed killers of the night
Bandicoots : fast-living opportunists
Pygmy possums and sugar gliders : pollen eaters and sap suckers
Life in the trees : koala, greater glider and possum
Wombats : vegetarians of the underworld
Consummate kangaroos
Marsupials and people : past and present
Previous edition: London : Edward Arnold, 1973