Contents MAMMALS: VOLUME 1 Readers Guide .xi Pronunciation Guide for Scientific Narnes ...........xiii Words to Know .xxv Getting to Know Marnrnals ....................xxxix Monotremes 1 Echidnas .............................7 Duck-billed platypus ............................15 New World opossums New World opossums ...........................24 Shrew opossums Shrewopossums ...............................37 Monito del monte Monito del monte ..............................44 Australasian carnivorous marsupials .51 Marsupial mice and cats, Tasmanian devil .56 Numbat .....................................64 Tasmanian wolf .69 Bandicoots and bilbies 74 Bandicootsand bilbies 79 Spinybandicoots .88 Marsupial moles Marsupial moles ...............................94 Contents I V I L .' .' I r I
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Koala, wombats, possums, wallabies,and kangaroos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99Koala . . . o o . . . o . . . o o o . . o o o o o . . . . . . . o o o o o o o o .105
Wombats o o . . . . o . . o o . . . o o o o o . . . o . o o . o o o o o o o .111
Possums and cuscuses . o . . . . o o o o . . . o o o . . . . . o o o . .116
Musky rat-kangaroo .. o o . . . o o o o o . o o o o . . . . . . o o o .124
Rat-kangaroos . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . . . . . o . . . . . o o . o .129Wallabies and kangaroos o o o . . . o o o . o o o o o o o . . o o o o .135
Pygmy possums o o o o . . o . o o o . . . o o o o o . . o . o o .149
Ringtail and greater gliding possums .. o o o o o . . . . . o o .154
Gliding and striped possums o o o o o . o o . o o . .161
Honey possum o o . . o o o o . . . . o o o o . . . o . o o . . . o o o o 0167
Feather-tailed possums o o . . . o o o o o . . . . o . . . . o o o o o .172
Sloths, anteaters, and armadillos .178West lndian sloths and two-toed tree sloths o o o o . .183
Three-toed tree sloths o o o . . . o o o o o . . o o o o . . . . o o o o .189
Anteaters .. o o o o . . o . o o . . . . . o o o . . o o o o . . . . . . o o 0195
Armadillos . o o o . o o o o o o . . . . . . o o . o o o o . . . o o o o o o 0203
Species List by Biome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .lviiSpecies List by Geographic Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .lxiiiIndex .lxxxix
Insectivores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213Gymnures and hedgehogs o o o . . . . . . . 0218Golden moles o . . o o o o . o . . . o o o o o . . o o o o o o o o . . . . 0226
Tenrecs o o o . . . . . . . o o o . . . . . o o o . . . . . . .232
Solenodons . o o . . . . o o o . . . . o o o o o o . . o o o o o o o . . . . .240
Shrews o o o o o o . . . . . . o . . . . . o o o o o . . . . o . o o o . . . . .246
Moles, shrew moles, and desmans o o o o o o o . . . o o .255
Tree shrewsTree shrews o . o o . o o o o o o o o . . . . . o o o . . . o o . 0263
Colugos 269Colugos . . . . . . . . o o o o . . . . . . o o o . . . . . . o o o . . . . . .
Bats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275Old World fruit bats o o . . . . . . . . o o . . . . o o o o o . . . . . .282