000309366 000__ 02057cam\a2200409Ia\4500 000309366 001__ 309366 000309366 005__ 20210513113308.0 000309366 008__ 050919s2006\\\\at\a\\\g\b\\\\101\0\eng\d 000309366 010__ $$a 2006386975 000309366 020__ $$a9780643092044 (pbk.) 000309366 020__ $$a0643092048 (pbk.) 000309366 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm65525981 000309366 035__ $$a309366 000309366 040__ $$aYQU$$cYQU$$dCUY$$dDLC 000309366 049__ $$aISEA 000309366 05000 $$aQL737.M73$$bA939 2006 000309366 08204 $$a599.29$$222 000309366 1001_ $$aAugee, M. L. 000309366 24510 $$aEchidna :$$bextraordinary egg-laying mammal /$$cMichael Augee, Brett Gooden and Anne Musser. 000309366 260__ $$aCollingwood, Victoria :$$bCSIRO Publishing,$$cc2006. 000309366 300__ $$avii, 136 p., [8] p. of col. plates :$$bill. (some col.) ;$$c24 cm. 000309366 440_0 $$aAustralian natural history series 000309366 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [133]-134) and index. 000309366 5050_ $$aThe monotremes - Evolution - Skeletal anatomy - The brain - Senses - Reproduction - Behaviour - Food and feeding - Metabolism - Conservation and management - Glossary - Bibliography - Index. 000309366 520__ $$aThe echidna is a living fossil whose relatives were walking the earth over 100 million years ago. It is one of the world's most extraordinary creatures and like the platypus, is a mammal that lays eggs, and also has fur and produces milk like all mammals. This book covers their evolution, anatomy, senses, reproduction, behaviour, feeding habits and metabolism, it show how echidnas are masters of their environment and not simply some sort of mammal 'test model' that went wrong. 000309366 650_0 $$aTachyglossidae. 000309366 650_0 $$aMammals$$xBehavior$$zAustralia. 000309366 650_0 $$aMammals$$xEvolution$$zAustralia. 000309366 650_0 $$aMammals$$zAustralia$$xAnatomy. 000309366 650_0 $$aMammals$$zAustralia$$xReproduction. 000309366 650_0 $$aLong-beaked echidna$$zAustralia. 000309366 650_0 $$aShort-beaked echidna$$zAustralia. 000309366 650_0 $$aMonotremes$$zAustralia. 000309366 7001_ $$aGooden, Brett. 000309366 7001_ $$aMusser, Anne. 000309366 85200 $$bgen$$hQL737.M73$$iA939$$i2006 000309366 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0608/2006386975.html 000309366 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:309366$$pGLOBAL_SET 000309366 980__ $$aBIB 000309366 980__ $$aBOOK 000309366 994__ $$aC0$$bISE