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Author:

Augee, M. L.

Title:

Echidna : extraordinary egg-laying mammal / Michael Augee, Brett Gooden and Anne Musser.

Publisher:

CSIRO Publishing,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

136 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Tachyglossidae.
Mammals--Behavior--Australia.
Mammals--Evolution--Australia.
Mammals--Australia--Anatomy.
Mammals--Australia--Reproduction.
Long-beaked echidna--Australia.
Short-beaked echidna--Australia.
Monotremes--Australia.

Other Authors:

Gooden, Brett.
Musser, Anne.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-134) and index.

Contents:

The monotremes - Evolution - Skeletal anatomy - The brain - Senses - 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.

Series:

Australian natural history series.

ISBN:

9780643092044
9780643092044 (pbk.)
0643092048 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)65525981

LCCN:

2006386975

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)