Cover; contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Significant events in bat research history; Bat bioregions; Chapter 2: Travelogue; Cape York -- Wet Tropics; Top End and Kakadu; Kimberley; Deserts; Great Dividing Range; Murray-Darling Basin; Significant islands; Lord Howe Island; Christmas Island; Bats in major cities; Brisbane; Sydney; Canberra; Melbourne; Hobart; Adelaide; Perth; Darwin; Finding bats in cities and towns; Chapter 3: How bats are designed and how they work; How bats are designed; Interesting anatomical facts; Keeping clean; Skulls and teeth; Ears.
Summary
Beautifully illustrated with colour photographs, this is the first book on Australian bats focusing on their natural history.
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