Search Results: gliding mammals of the world by stephen jackson

Melbourne: CSIRO, 2012. 1st edition. New book. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket xi + 215pp., col. pls., maps, appends., references, index, There are over 60 species of gliding mammals inc. the flying squirrels from Europe & North America, the scaly-tailed flying squirrels from central Africa & the gliding possums of Australia & New Guinea and the colugos - or so called flying lemurs - that occur throughout South-East Asia and the Philippines. A synthesis of all that is known about the biology of these intriguing mammals. It includes a brief description of each species, together with a distribution map and a beautiful full-colour painting