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Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia.

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Grzimek's animal life encyclopedia.

[Book]

Devra G. Kleiman, advisory editor ; Valerius Geist, advisory editor ; Melissa C. McDade, project editor ; Joseph E. Trumpey, chief scientific illustrator

Volume 13,dollar5Mammals, II /

2nd ed

Detroit :

Thomson/Gale,

©2004

xx, 664 pages :

color illustrations, color maps ;

29 cm

"AZA, Michael Hutchins, series editor in association with the American Zoo and Aquarium Association."

Translation of: Tierleben

Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-531) and index

v. 13. Mammals II -- Peramelemorphia (Bandicoots and Bilbies) -- Bandicoots (Peramelidae and Peroryctidae) -- Bilbies (Thylacomyinae) -- Notoryctemorphia (Marsupial Moles) -- Diprotodontia (Koala, Wombats, Possums, Wallabies, and Kangaroos) -- Koalas (Phascolarctidae) -- Wombats (Vombatidae) -- Possums and Cuscuses (Phalangeridae) -- Musky Rat-Kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae) -- Rat-Kangaroos (Potoroidae) -- Wallabies and Kangaroos (Macropodidae) -- Pygmy Possums (Burramyidae) -- Ringtail and Greater Gliding Possums (Pseudocheiridae) -- Gliding and Striped Possums (Petauridae) -- Honey Possums (Tarsipedidae) -- Feather-Tailed Possums (Acrobatidae) -- Xenarthra (Sloths, Anteaters, and Armadillos) -- West Indian Sloths and Two-Toed Tree Sloths (Megalonychidae) -- Three-Toed Tree Sloths (Bradypodidae) -- Anteaters (Myrmecophagidae) -- Armadillos (Dasypodidae) -- Insectivora (Insectivores) -- Gymnures and Hedgehogs (Erinaceidae) -- Golden Moles (Chrysochloridae) -- Tenrecs (Tenrecidae) -- Solenodons (Solenodontidae) -- Extinct West Indian Shrews (Nesophontidae) -- Shrews I: Red-Toothed Shrews (Soricinae) -- Shrews II: White-Toothed Shrews (Crocidurinae) -- Moles, Shrew Moles, and Desmans (Talpidae) -- Scandentia (Tree Shrews) -- Dermoptera (Colugos) -- Chiroptera (Bats) -- Old World Fruit Bats I (Pteropus) -- Old World Fruit Bats II (All Other Genera) -- Mouse-Tailed Bats (Rhinopomatidae) -- Sac-Winged Bats, Sheath-Tailed Bats, and Ghost Bats (Emballonuridae) -- Kitti's Hog-Nosed Bats (Craseonycteridae) -- Slit-Faced Bats (Nycteridae) -- False Vampire Bats (Megadermatidae) -- Horseshoe Bats (Rhinolophidae) -- Old World Leaf-Nosed Bats (Hipposideridae) -- American Leaf-Nosed Bats (Phyllostomidae) -- Moustached Bats (Mormoopidae) -- Bulldog Bats (Noctilionidae) -- New Zealand Short-Tailed Bats (Mystacinidae) -- Funnel-Eared Bats (Natalidae) -- Smoky Bats (Furipteridae) -- Disk-Winged Bats (Thyropteridae) -- Old World Sucker-Footed Bats (Myzopodidae) -- Free-Tailed Bats and Mastiff Bats (Molossidae) -- Vespertilionid Bats I (Vespertilioninae) -- Vespertilionid Bats II (Other Subfamilies

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Provides information on the evolution and systematics, physical characteristics, distribution, habitat, behavior, feeding ecology and diet, reproductive biology, and conservation status of eight orders of mammals

Young Adult

Tierleben.

English

Animal life encyclopedia

Mammals

Mammals

Grzimek, Bernhard

Geist, Valerius

Kleiman, Devra G

McDade, Melissa C

American Zoo and Aquarium Association

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