| ISBN |
0643092048 : |
| Name |
Augee, Michael L. |
| Title |
Echidna : extraordinary egg-laying mammal / Michael Augee, Brett Gooden and Anne Musser. |
| Published |
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2006. |
| Description |
136 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography: p. [133]-134. |
| Contents |
The monotremes - Evolution - Skeletal anatomy - The brain - Seneses - Reproduction - Behaviour - Food and feeding - Metabolism - Conservation and management - Glossary - Bibliography - Index. |
| 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. |
| Subjects |
Tachyglossidae |
| Other Names |
Gooden, Brett (Brett A.), 1943- |
| Musser, Anne |
| Added Corporate Names |
CSIRO |
| Series |
Australian natural history series |
| Web Link |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0608/2006386975.html |
| Internet Site |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0608/2006386975.html |
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