Tupai: A Field Study of Bornean Treeshrews: 2 (Organisms and Environments) - Softcover

Emmons, Louise H. H.; Greene, Harry W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520223845 ISBN 13: 9780520223844

Publisher: University of California Press, 2000

Synopsis

Treeshrews suffer from chronic mistaken identity: they are not shrews, and most are not found in trees. These squirrel-sized, brownish mammals with large, dark, lashless eyes were at one time thought to be primates. Even though most scientists now believe them to belong in their own mammalian order, Scandentia, they still are thought to resemble some of the earliest mammals, which lived alongside the dinosaurs. This book describes the results of the first comparative study of the ecology of treeshrews in the wild. Noted tropical mammalogist Louise H. Emmons conducted this pathbreaking study in the rainforests of Borneo as she tracked and observed six species of treeshrews. Emmons meticulously describes their habitat, diet, nesting habits, home range, activity patterns, social behavior, and many other facets of their lives. She also discusses a particularly interesting aspect of treeshrews: their enigmatic parental care system, which is unique among mammals.

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About the Author

Louise H. Emmons is a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution Division of Mammals. She is the author of Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide (second edition, 1997).

From the Back Cover

Louise Emmons is one of the greatest tropical biologists to have ever lived. She is one of the few experts who has worked extensively in South America, West Africa, Madagascar, and now Borneo. This global perspective enriches every chapter in this book.--Pat C. Wright, SUNY, Stony Brook

Edition details

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520223845
• ISBN 13: 9780520223844
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292