Prehistoric Mammals
Author(s): Ken McNamara and Peter Murray
Animals & Natural World | Science & Maths
In 1909 a rich accumulation of many thousands of bones was excavated from Mammoth Cave in Australias south-west. Many of the bones far exceeded in size any modern-day native mammal, evidence that in prehistoric times giant mammals had roamed the Australian bush. They included a marsupial the size of a buffalo, kangaroos more than two metres tall, wallabies much bigger than any living species, a marsupial lion about the size of a leopard, giant echidnas and wombats, plus the thylacine (Tasmanian tiger). What did these animals look like and how did they live? And how did they become extinct in a relatively short period of time?
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Western Australian Museum
- : Western Australian Museum
- : 31 August 2010
- : 180mm X 128mm
- : Australia
- : 01 October 2010
- : books
Special Fields
- : illustrations
- : 108
- : 560.00
- : Paperback
- : Ken McNamara and Peter Murray