Tasmanian devil : a unique and threatened animal /

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Author / Creator:Owen, David, 1956-
Imprint:Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2005.
Description:xi, 225 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 21 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6371612
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Other authors / contributors:Pemberton, David.
ISBN:1741143683
Notes:Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [214]-216.
Webliography: p. 216.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Beelzebub's pup: a reappraisal of the Tasmanian devil
  • 2. Evolution and extinction
  • 3. Relationships in the wild
  • 4. 'Made for travelling rough': devil ecology
  • 5. Devils and Europeans, 1803-1933
  • 6. In the matter of the Society and the Board
  • 7. From Antichrist to ambassador
  • 8. In captivity
  • 9. 'The spinning animal from Tasmania'
  • 10. Owning the devil: Tasmania and Warner Bros.
  • 11. Devil Facial Tumour Disease
  • Notes
  • Select bibliography
  • Index