000309366 000__ 02614cam\a2200529Ia\4500 000309366 001__ 309366 000309366 005__ 20251006155306.0 000309366 008__ 050919t20062006at\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$$dDLC$$dUtOrBLW 000309366 043__ $$au-at--- 000309366 049__ $$aISEA 000309366 05000 $$aQL737.M73$$bA939 2006 000309366 08204 $$a599.29$$222 000309366 1001_ $$aAugee, M. L.$$0n 88612759 000309366 24510 $$aEchidna :$$bextraordinary egg-laying mammal /$$cMichael Augee, Brett Gooden and Anne Musser. 000309366 264_1 $$aCollingwood, Victoria :$$bCSIRO Publishing,$$c[2006] 000309366 264_4 $$c©2006 000309366 300__ $$avii, 136 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates :$$billustrations (some color) ;$$c24 cm. 000309366 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000309366 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000309366 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000309366 4901_ $$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.$$0sh 85131848 000309366 650_0 $$aMammals$$xBehavior$$zAustralia.$$0sh 85080262 000309366 650_0 $$aMammals$$xEvolution$$zAustralia.$$0sh 85080267 000309366 650_0 $$aMammals$$zAustralia$$xAnatomy.$$0sh2010100353 000309366 650_0 $$aMammals$$zAustralia$$xReproduction.$$0sh2010100353 000309366 650_0 $$aLong-beaked echidna$$zAustralia.$$0sh 95003354 000309366 650_0 $$aShort-beaked echidna$$zAustralia.$$0sh 85126721 000309366 650_0 $$aMonotremes$$zAustralia.$$0sh 85086980 000309366 7001_ $$aGooden, Brett.$$0n 82146557 000309366 7001_ $$aMusser, Anne.$$0n 94050051 000309366 830_0 $$aAustralian natural history series.$$0n 86723352 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 971__ $$aRDA ENRICHED 000309366 980__ $$aBIB 000309366 980__ $$aBOOK 000309366 994__ $$aC0$$bISE