Life of Marsupials

Table of Contents and Preface

1 What is a marsupial?

pp. 1-36

2 Reproduction and development

pp. 37-102

3 Opossums of the Americas: cousins from a distant time

pp. 103-138

4 Predatory marsupials of Australasia: bright-eyed killers of the night

pp. 139-164

5 Bandicoots: fast-living opportunists

pp. 165-182

6 Pygmy possums and sugar gliders: pollen eaters and sap suckers

pp. 183-218

7 Life in the trees: koala, greater glider and possum

pp. 219-266

8 Wombats: vegetarians of the underworld

pp. 267-286

9 Consummate kangaroos

pp. 287-364

10 Marsupials and people: past and present

pp. 365-442