Bettongs, Potoroos and the Musky Rat-Kangaroo

Andrew Claridge, John Seebeck, Randy Rose (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

168 Seiten

2007
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-643-09341-6 (ISBN)

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Rat-kangaroos have not coped well with the impact of European settlement in Australia. Of the 11 species present in 1788, two are extinct, two are either mostly or totally restricted to offshore islands and the range of all other species has been much reduced. Habitat alienation, altered fire regimes, grazing, predation by introduced carnivores, competition from rabbits and timber harvesting have variously taken their toll on these little-seen animals.

The rat-kangaroo was one of the first Australian marsupials to be seen alive in Europe. Collected close to the settlement at Sydney Cove, a pair of them were exhibited in London in 1789. These animals were called by the local Aboriginal people 'Pot-o-roo', and by the European settlers, 'Kangooroo rat'. They were the Long-nosed Potoroo, Potorous tridactylus, the first of what we now call 'Rat-kangaroos' to be discovered.

Bettongs, Potoroos and the Musky Rat-kangaroo provides an extraordinary glimpse into the secretive lives of these unusual marsupials. It also reveals little-known facts about the critical functional role these creatures play in maintaining the forest and woodland habitats in which they live.

Introduction; Evolution and taxonomy; Research in the field; Biology and behaviour; Reproductive biology; Diet and nutritional physiology; Habitat requirements; Conservation and management.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.10.2007
Reihe/Serie	Australian Natural History
Verlagsort	Melbourne
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	492 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	0-643-09341-9 / 0643093419
ISBN-13	978-0-643-09341-6 / 9780643093416
Zustand	Neuware