The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals 9781486306282, 9781486306299, 9781486306305, 9781988592589

The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals is the only definitive reference on all the land-breeding mammals recorded in the Ne

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The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals
 9781486306282, 9781486306299, 9781486306305, 9781988592589

Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface to the Third Edition
Contributors to the Third Edition
Acknowledgements
Editors’ introduction
Preamble to species accounts
1 Family Macropodidae
Dama wallaby
Bennett’s wallaby
Parma wallaby
Black-striped wallaby
Brush-tailed rock-wallaby
Swamp wallaby
References
Colour plates
Colour plates
2 Family Phalangeridae
Brushtail possum
References
3 Family Erinaceidae
European hedgehog
References
4 Families Vespertilionidae and Mystacinidae
New Zealand long-tailed bat
Lesser short-tailed bat
Greater short-tailed bat
References
5 Family Leporidae
European rabbit
Brown hare
References
6 Family Muridae
Kiore, Pacific rat
Norway rat
Ship rat
House mouse
References
7 Families Otariidae and Phocidae
Family Otariidae
New Zealand fur seal
Subantarctic fur seal
New Zealand sea lion
Family Phocidae
Southern elephant seal
Weddell seal
Leopard seal
Crabeater seal
Ross seal
References
8 Family Canidae
Kuri
References
9 Family Mustelidae
Stoat
Weasel
Feral ferret
References
10 Family Felidae
Feral cat
References
11 Family Equidae
Feral horse
References
12 Family Suidae
Feral pig
References
13 Family Bovidae
Feral cattle
Alpine chamois
Himalayan tahr
Feral goat
Feral sheep
References
14 Family Cervidae
Western red deer
Wapiti
Sika deer
Sambar deer
Rusa deer
Chital deer
Common fallow deer
White-tailed deer
Moose
References
Glossary and abbreviations
Key to skulls
Index to animal species

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