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02264cam a2200445Ia 4500 001 2518B1702B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 005 200904170011.0 008 050919s2006 at a g b 101 0 eng d 010 $a 2006386975 020 $a 9780643092044 020 $a 9780643092044 (pbk.) 020 $a 0643092048 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)65525981 040 $a YQU $c YQU $d SILO $d DLC $d GZM $d YDXCP $d IWA $d SILO 050 00 $a QL737 M73 A939 2006 100 1 $a Augee, M. L. 245 1 $a Echidna : $b extraordinary egg-laying mammal / $c Michael Augee, Brett Gooden and Anne Musser. 260 $a Collingwood, Victoria : $b CSIRO Publishing, $c c2006. 300 $a 136 p. : $b ill. (some col.) ; $c 24 cm. 440 0 $a Australian natural history series. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-134) and index. 505 0 $a The monotremes - Evolution - Skeletal anatomy - The brain - Senses - Reproduction - Behaviour - Food and feeding - Metabolism - Conservation and management - Glossary - Bibliography - Index. 520 $a 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. 650 0 $a Tachyglossidae. 650 0 $a Mammals $x Behavior $z Australia. 650 0 $a Mammals $x Evolution $z Australia. 650 0 $a Mammals $z Australia $x Anatomy. 650 0 $a Mammals $z Australia $x Reproduction. 650 0 $a Long-beaked echidna $z Australia. 650 0 $a Short-beaked echidna $z Australia. 650 0 $a Monotremes $z Australia. 700 1 $a Gooden, Brett. 700 1 $a Musser, Anne. 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0608/2006386975.html 939 $a 5733723 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160823071031.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2518B1702B0E11DE8F715E08A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWA 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search