The Australian Museum Complete Book Of Australian Mammals: The National Photographic Index Of Australian Wildlife
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Light foxing, pages are clean.
Few continents on Earth harbour a mammalian fauna as extraordinary and evolutionarily distinct as Australia's, and The Australian Museum Complete Book of Australian Mammals stands as the definitive scientific record of this remarkable heritage. Edited by Ronald Strahan and produced in association with The Australian Museum, this authoritative volume presents the full breadth of Australia's terrestrial and marine mammals — from iconic marsupials like the kangaroo and wombat to elusive monotremes and rare placental species — illustrated through the unparalleled photographic archive of the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Drawing on the expertise of Australia's foremost zoologists and field researchers, the work chronicles each species with rigorous scientific detail, covering taxonomy, distribution, behaviour, and ecology in a format that serves both the specialist and the enthusiastic naturalist. Strahan's editorial vision unifies a vast body of research into a cohesive and visually stunning reference, one that raises urgent questions about habitat loss and the fragile survival of species found nowhere else on the planet. For anyone captivated by the wild heart of the Australian continent, this volume is an indispensable companion.
Author: Ronald Strahan
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, Angus & Robertson Publishers
Genre: Zoology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: Light foxing, pages are clean.
Few continents on Earth harbour a mammalian fauna as extraordinary and evolutionarily distinct as Australia's, and The Australian Museum Complete Book of Australian Mammals stands as the definitive scientific record of this remarkable heritage. Edited by Ronald Strahan and produced in association with The Australian Museum, this authoritative volume presents the full breadth of Australia's terrestrial and marine mammals — from iconic marsupials like the kangaroo and wombat to elusive monotremes and rare placental species — illustrated through the unparalleled photographic archive of the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Drawing on the expertise of Australia's foremost zoologists and field researchers, the work chronicles each species with rigorous scientific detail, covering taxonomy, distribution, behaviour, and ecology in a format that serves both the specialist and the enthusiastic naturalist. Strahan's editorial vision unifies a vast body of research into a cohesive and visually stunning reference, one that raises urgent questions about habitat loss and the fragile survival of species found nowhere else on the planet. For anyone captivated by the wild heart of the Australian continent, this volume is an indispensable companion.