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Mammals of Madagascar (Lynx Edicions)

10,000 Birds

One issue puzzles me, the inclusion of those unidentifiable groups, such as bats, rats and mice, 27 pages of them (and this comes from a former caver who actually likes bats), which you aren’t likely to see (apart from fruit bats) and are even less likely to ID. Highly recommended. Mittermeier, Olivier M. Langrand, Don E. Wilson, Anthony B.

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The man who saved species

10,000 Birds

The experience was to prove critical the following year when introduced rats reached crisis levels on the remaining island of the South Island Saddleback. It worked, and the translocated birds were soon breeding. Today the species is secure on a large number of islands and reserves.

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