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This book reviews the natural history and biology of tree-kangaroos from the time of their first discovery by Europeans in the jungles of West Papua in 1846 right up to the present day, covering the latest research being conducted in Australian and New Guinea. Written by a field biologist with more than a decade's experience working with tree-kangaroos, the author provides a fascinating and readable account of an unusual evolutionary conundrum

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Anyone interested in the conservation of native marsupial species should read this volume. -- Michael L. Augee, The Quarterly Review of Biology, March 2006 Roger Martin has added another fine book to the Australian Natural History Series, now published by CSIRO. Highly recommended. -- Peter Menkhorst, Australian Zoologist, Vol.33, No.3, June 2006 This book is a must for anyone interested in the mammals of our corner of the world you won't be disappointed. -- Dr John Winter, Wildlife Australia Magazine, Summer 2005 Supplies state-of-the-art information on a rather exotic group of mammals. --P. Langer, Giessen, Mammalian Biology, 2006

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