SMITH, Andrew & HUME Ian eds. — Possums and Gliders.

Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Ltd, 1984. Hardcover. 4to. Light sunning to spine of dustjacket, otherwise good condition. Includes papers on Cytogenetic relationships of possums and gliders; Interdependence of energy and protein metabolism - a comparative marsupial-eutherian approach; The auditory system of the Common Brushtail Possum - from cochlea to cortex; Diet of the Bobuck, Trichosurus vulpecula (Ogilby) Marsupilia: Phalangeridae in a mountain forest in Victoria; Habitat preferences of arboreal marsupials within a coastal forest in southern New SOuth Wales; Growth and development of Burramys parvus in captivity; The Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus; the largest marsupial folivore etc. B/W photos & illus. 598pp. ISBN-10 0949524000.