Contents

Contents : introduction (australia's fascinating mammals, about this book) -- Australia's mammals (what is a mammal, the different sorts of mammals, the history of Australia's mammals, how mammals live and behave) -- THE MONOTREMES (playtpus - short-beaked echidna) -- THE MARSUPIALS (small carnivorous marsupials - quolls - tasmanian devil - thylacine - marsupial mole - numbat - bandicoots and bilby - koala - brushtail possums, cuccuses and scaly-tailed possum - pygmy-possums and ringtail possums - gliders, leadbeater's possum, striped possum and honey-possum - musky rat-kangaroo, hare-wallabies, potoroos and bettongs - pademelons, rock-wallabies, quokka and wallabies - tree-kangaroos - grey kangaroos - wallaroos - red kangaroo) -- THE PLACENTAL MAMMALS (blossom-bats, tube-nosed bat and flying foxes - ghost bat and insect-eating bats - large native rodents - small native rodents - fur-seals and sea-lion - dolphins - whales - dugong - dingo) -- MAKING MORE DISCOVERIES (helping Australia's mammals survive - glossary - map and recommended reading - index to species pictured)