Author: SMITH, Andrew & HUME Ian eds.
Title: Possums and Gliders.
Description: Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Ltd, 1984. Hardcover. 4to. Light sunning to spine of dustjacket, small tear to head of spine of dustjacket, previous owner's stamp to front endpaper, otherwise good condition. Includes papers on Cytogenetic relationships of possums and gliders; Interdependence of energy and protein metabolism - a comparative marsupial-eutherian approach; The auditory system of the Common Brushtail Possum - from cochlea to cortex; Diet of the Bobuck, Trichosurus vulpecula (Ogilby) Marsupilia: Phalangeridae in a mountain forest in Victoria; Habitat preferences of arboreal marsupials within a coastal forest in southern New SOuth Wales; Growth and development of Burramys parvus in captivity; The Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus; the largest marsupial folivore etc. B/W photos & illus. 598pp. ISBN-10 0949524000.

Keywords: environment environmental zoology australia australian history possum GLIDER biology fauna possums gliders