Echidnas
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Echidnas

International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology: Zoology

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Echidnas

International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology: Zoology

About this book

Echidnas, Volume 38 presents the scientific classification of the mammal echidnas. This book describes the characteristics, behavior, reproduction, embryology, anatomy, and physiology of the spiny anteaters, Tachyglossidae. Organized into 11 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the natural history, classification, and physical characteristics of echidnas. This text then examines the food intake and digestion mechanisms of echidnas whereby the ground-up insects in the buccal cavity are permeated with saliva secreted by the sublingual, subaxillary, and parotid salivary glands. Other chapters describe various stages in the development of echidna embryos and pouch young. This book discusses as well the primary division of the central nervous system of echidnas, including the prosencephalon, mesencephalon, and rhombencephalon. The final chapter deals with the similar anatomical characteristics that anteaters exhibit, and describes also their differences in the grinding techniques, forelimb anatomy, and stomach structures. This book is a valuable resource for biologists and zoologists.

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Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9780080126500
eBook ISBN
9781483150406
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Biology
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Echidnas
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  6. CHAPTER 1. EXTERNAL ANATOMY, TAXONOMY, AND NATURAL HISTORY
  7. CHAPTER 2. INTAKE OF FOOD, DIGESTION, AND BODILY FUNCTIONS
  8. CHAPTER 3. SKELETON
  9. CHAPTER 4. THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
  10. CHAPTER 5. SPECIAL SENSES
  11. CHAPTER 6. ENDOCRINE GLANDS AND THE GLANDS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
  12. CHAPTER 7. THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
  13. CHAPTER 8. EMBRYOLOGY
  14. CHAPTER 9. THE MAMMARY GLANDS
  15. CHAPTER 10. CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AND BLOOD
  16. CHAPTER 11. AFFINITIES OF THE PROTOTHERIA
  17. APPENDIX I: ANATOMICAL SPECIALIZATIONS
  18. APPENDIX II: IRON CONTENT OF ECHIDNA MILK
  19. APPENDIX III: KIDNEY FUNCTION
  20. APPENDIX IV: RESPIRATION
  21. APPENDIX V: INCUBATION PERIOD OF THE EGG IN THE POUCH
  22. REFERENCES
  23. AUTHOR INDEX
  24. SUBJECT INDEX
  25. OTHER TITLES IN THE ZOOLOGY DIVISION

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