Echidna : extraordinary egg-laying mammal / Michael Augee, Brett Gooden and Anne Musser.
2006
QL737.M73 A939 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
Echidna : extraordinary egg-laying mammal / Michael Augee, Brett Gooden and Anne Musser.
Author
Augee, M. L.
ISBN
9780643092044 (pbk.)
0643092048 (pbk.)
0643092048 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, c2006.
Language
English
Description
vii, 136 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Call Number
QL737.M73 A939 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
599.29
Summary
The 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-134) and index.
Added Author
Gooden, Brett.
Musser, Anne.
Musser, Anne.
Series
Australian natural history series
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Table of Contents
The monotremes - Evolution - Skeletal anatomy - The brain - Senses - Reproduction - Behaviour - Food and feeding - Metabolism - Conservation and management - Glossary - Bibliography - Index.