Gliding Mammals of the World
Title | Gliding Mammals of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Matthew Jackson |
Publisher | CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0643092609 |
This book provides a synthesis of all that is known about the biology of gliding mammals. It includes a brief description of each species, together with a map and a full-colour painting. It outlines the origins and biogeography of each group of gliding mammals and examines the incredible physical adaptations.
Catching Air: Taking the Leap with Gliding Animals (How Nature Works)
Title | Catching Air: Taking the Leap with Gliding Animals (How Nature Works) PDF eBook |
Author | Sneed B. Collard |
Publisher | Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2017-03-28 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0884485390 |
*Junior Library Guild Selection 2017* Only a few dozen vertebrate animals have evolved true gliding abilities, but they include an astonishing variety of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. North America’s flying squirrels and Australia’s sugar gliders notwithstanding, the vast majority of them live in rainforests. Illustrated with arresting photographs, Catching Air takes us around the world to meet these animals, learn why so many gliders live in Southeast Asia, and find out why this gravity-defying ability has evolved in Draco lizards, snakes, and frogs as well as mammals. Why do gliders stop short of flying, how did bats make that final leap, and how did Homo sapiens bypass evolution to glide via wingsuits and hang gliders—or is that evolution in another guise? Fountas & Pinnell Level R
Mammals
Title | Mammals PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Stainforth Kemp |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0198766947 |
Relative newcomers within the story of evolution, mammals are hugely successful and have colonized land, water, and air. Tom Kemp discusses the great diversity of mammalian species, and looks at how their very disparate characteristics, physiologies, and behaviours are all largely driven by one uniting factor: endothermy, or warm-bloodedness.
Colugo
Title | Colugo PDF eBook |
Author | Norman T-Lon Lim |
Publisher | Draco Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Flying lemurs |
ISBN | 9789810564544 |
"Illustrated in new stunning colour photographs, utilizing the latest digital technology to capture the Colugo in action in its natural habitat: Gliding, feeding and caring for its young." -- Back cover.
Sugar Gliders
Title | Sugar Gliders PDF eBook |
Author | Julie Murray |
Publisher | Nocturnal Animals (Abdo Kids J |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017-12-15 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781532104077 |
These small and sweet nocturnal animals enjoy gliding through New Zealand's treetops. They can be found on other small island countries nearby as well. Readers will learn other information, like what they look like, what they like to eat, and more. Complete with simple text and fun photographs. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Junior is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
Mammalian Sexuality
Title | Mammalian Sexuality PDF eBook |
Author | Alan F. Dixson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 405 |
Release | 2021-06-03 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1108426182 |
The first detailed account of post-copulatory sexual selection and the evolution of reproduction in mammals.
Taxonomy of Australian Mammals
Title | Taxonomy of Australian Mammals PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Jackson |
Publisher | CSIRO PUBLISHING |
Pages | 981 |
Release | 2015-06-16 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1486300146 |
Taxonomy of Australian Mammals utilises the latest morphometric and genetic research to develop the most up to date and comprehensive revision of the taxonomy of Australian mammals undertaken to date. It proposes significant changes to the higher ranks of a number of groups and recognises several genera and species that have only very recently been identified as distinct. This easy to use reference also includes a complete listing of all species, subspecies and synonyms for all of Australia’s mammals, both native and introduced as well as terrestrial and marine. This book lays a foundation for future taxonomic work and identifies areas where taxonomic studies should be targeted, not only at the species and subspecies level but also broader phylogenetic relationships. This work will be an essential reference for students, scientists, wildlife managers and those interested in the science of taxonomy.