10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAT KANGAROO»
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rat kangaroo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Bettongs, Potoroos and the Musky
Rat-
kangaroo
Winner of the 2008 Whitley Award for Natural History. Rat-kangaroos have not coped well with the impact of European settlement in Australia.
Andrew Claridge, John Seebeck, Randy Rose, 2007
2
Walker's Mammals of the World
Ronald M. Nowak. Desert "rat"4tangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), from The
Red Centre, Hedley H. Finlayson (Angus & Robertson, publishers). Rufous "rat"-
kangaroo (Aepyprymnus rufescens). photo by John Warham. Western gray.
Most species breed throughout the year. The rufous rat kanagroo produces a
single offspring, while the musky rat kangaroo gives birth to two or three offspring.
At birth, marsupial offspring are hairless and wormlike. A rat kangaroo's offspring
is ...
Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2007
4
Kangaroo: A Portrait of an Extraordinary Marsupial
family with a sister lineage to all other macropods.21 The Musky Rat-kangaroo's
primitive status is also supported by DNA research that suggests they diverged
from the other macropods shortly after the macropods diverged from their ...
Stephen Jackson, Karl Vernes, 2010
three species of Potorous, including the extinct species, are closely related to
each other and are distinctly different from the bettongs and from the extinct
desert rat kangaroo, Caloprymnus campestris (Westerman et al 2004) (Fig. 9.6).
Hugh Tyndale-Biscoe, 2005
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Macropods: The Biology of Kangaroos, Wallabies and
Rat-kangaroos
Appendix: Macropod. species. list. Recent species of kangaroo, wallaby and rat-
kangaroo Macropodoideaa Superfamily Distribution Status Family Musky rat-
kangaroo Family Potoroidae Rufous bettong Tasmanian bettong Burrowing
bettong ...
Graeme Coulson, Mark Eldridge, 2010
7
An Island Called California: An Ecological Introduction to ...
... clapper, Rallus longirostris Rail, Virginia, Rallus limicola Rat, kangaroo, Great
Basin (chisel-toothed), Dipodomys microps Rat, kangaroo, Heermann's,
Dipodomys heermanni Rat, kangaroo, Merriam's, Dipodomys merriami Rat,
kangaroo, ...
Elna Bakker, Gordy Slack, 1984
8
Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science, Second Edition: ...
... bandage for 16 weeks Immobilized for 16 weeks, then mobile for 16 weeks,
then treadmill for 16 weeks Primate (Macaca nemestrina) Rat, kangaroo versus
white (male and female) Adult Adult Control Semirecumbent Pretreatment control
, ...
Jann Hau, Steven J. Schapiro, Gerald L. Van Hoosier, Jr., 2002
9
Australia's Amazing Kangaroos: Their Conservation, Unique ...
This book provides an authoritative source of information on kangaroos and their relatives.
10
Medicine of Australian Mammals
There are three extant Families: the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon
moschatus) is the only living member of the Family Hypsiprymnodontidae. All
other species are placed in the Families Potoroidae and Macropodidae. In this
chapter ...
Larry Vogelnest, Rupert Woods, 2008
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAT KANGAROO»
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rat kangaroo is used in the context of the following news items.
Climate Change Could Wipe Out the World's Smallest Kangaroo …
musky rat kangaroo Scientists in Australia have warned that we'd better get hopping and slow down climate change if we want to prevent the world's smallest ... «Scientific American, May 14»
Evolution of kangaroos bound up with changes in our climate
A good example of this is that musky rat kangaroo - Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, from the tropical rainforests of northeast Australia - gallops, an inheritance from ... «The Australian, Aug 10»
