Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/YnWa39 Tupai A Field Study of Bornean Treeshrews By: Louise H. Emmons Publisher: University of California Press Print ISBN: 9780520223844, 0520223845 eText ISBN: 9780520925045, 0520925041 Edition: 1st Pages: 287 Copyright year: 2000 Format: PDF Available from $ 33.95 USD SKU 9780520925045 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. Additional ISBNs 9780520222915, 0520222911
