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Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris
page updated 3/4/08
Les chauves-souris
de Guyane
The bats of French
Guiana
P. Charles-Dominique, A. Brosset & S.
Jouard
ISBN 2-85653-535-6
published Dec-01
24 x 16 cm softback, 172 pages
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Online Price £20.00 (post-free
in the UK)
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- The first half of this book covers the biology of bats including a history of their study in French Guiana, biogegraphical aspects of the bat fauna plus detailed aspects of ecology and conservation
- The second half is an he identification guide. There are colour photographs of 57 species and a key iwhich s well illustrated with drawings of the faces, ears, wing and tail membranes etc: whichever features are important for identification of a live but capture bat.
- A species list also gives information on the main habitat preferences of each species
- This is an excellent combination of a scientifically important book produced in a way that is accessible to a wide readership