This authoritative volume represents a complete and comprehensive guide to the husbandry of Australian marsupials and other mammals. Australian Mammals: Biology and Captive Management dedicates a chapter to each group of animals including the platypus, the echidna, carnivorous marsupials, numbats, bandicoots and bilbies, koalas, wombats, possums and gliders, macropods, bats, rodents and the dingo.
For each animal group the following information is covered: Biology; Housing; Capture and restraint; Transport; Diet; Breeding; Artificial rearing; and Behaviour and behavioural enrichment.
The book provides a complete literature review of all known information on the biology of each group of animals and brings information on their biology in the wild into captive situations. Also, for the first time, it provides practical guidelines for hand-rearing, and has been extensively reviewed by zookeepers and veterinarians to incorporate the most up-to-date information and techniques.
Australian Mammals: Biology and Captive Management provides practical guidance for zoo-keepers, veterinarians, zoologists, researchers and students.
Winner of the 2004 Whitley Medal.
Shortlisted in the Scholarly Reference section of the 2004 Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing.
- ISBN10 6613154261
- ISBN13 9786613154262
- Publish Date 1 October 2007 (first published 31 December 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 29 December 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint CSIRO Publishing
- Format eBook
- Pages 547
- Language English