Bibliography for THYLACOMYIDAE

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• Finlayson, H.H. 1932. Preliminary descriptions of two new mammals from South Australia. 1. Thalacomys minor var. miselius (subsp. nov.). 2. Pseudomys (Gyomys) apodemoides (sp. nov.). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 56: 168-171
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• Hulbert, A.J. 1974. A comparative study of the environmental physiology of peramelid marsupials. Australian Mammalogy 1: 299
• Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122
• Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp.
• Johnson, C.N. & Johnson, K.A. 1983. Behaviour of the Bilby, Macrotis lagotis (Reid), (Marsupialia: Thylacomyidae) in captivity. Australian Wildlife Research 10: 77-87
• Johnson, K.A. 1989. Thylacomyidae. pp. 625-635 in Walton, D.W. & Richardson, B.J. (eds). Fauna of Australia. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1B 827 pp.
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• Johnson, K.A. 1995. Bilby Macrotis lagotis. pp. 186-188 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
• Johnson, K.A. 1995. Lesser Bilby Macrotis leucura. pp. 189-190 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
• Jones, F.W. 1923. The marsupial genus Thalacomys. A review of the rabbit-bandicoots; with the description of a new species. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 333-352
• Kirsch, J.A.W. 1977. The comparative serology of Marsupialia, and a classification of marsupials. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 52: 1-152
• Lavery, H.J. & Kirkpatrick, T.H. 1997. Field management of the bilby Macrotis lagotis in an area of south-western Queensland. Biological Conservation 1997: 271-281
• Lydekker, R. 1887. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum (Natural History) Cromwell Road, S.W. Part V. containing the Group Tillodontia, the Orders Sirenia, Cetacea, Edentata, Marsupialia, Monotremata, and supplement. London : British Museum xxxv 345 pp.
• Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.
• McCracken, H.E. 1986. Observations on the oestrous cycle and gestation period of the Greater Bilby, Macrotis lagotis (Reid) (Marsupialia: Thylacomyidae). Australian Mammalogy 9: 5-16
• McCracken, H.E. 1990. Reproduction in the greater bilby, Macrotis lagotis (Reid) - a comparison with other perameloids. pp. 199-204 in Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. & Kemper, C.M. (eds). Bandicoots and Bilbies. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty & Sons 392 pp.
• Miller, E.J., Eldridge, M.D.B., Thomas, N., Marlow, N. & Herbert, C.A. 2010. The genetic mating system, male reproductive success and lack of selection on male traits in the greater bilby. Australian Journal of Zoology 58(2): 113-120
• Moritz, C., Heideman, A., Geffen, E. & McRae, P. 1997. Genetic population structure of the greater bilby Macrotis lagotis, a marsupial in decline. Molecular Ecology 6: 925-936
• Palmer, T.S. 1904. A list of the genera and families of mammals. [Index genera mammalium]. North American Fauna No. 23. Washington D.C. : U.S. Department of Agriculture 984 pp.
• Parker, S.A. 1973. An annotated checklist of the native land mammals of the Northern Territory. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 16(11): 1-57
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• Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. & Kemper, C.M. (eds) 1990. Bandicoots and Bilbies. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty & Sons 392 pp.
• Southgate, R., McRae, P. & Atherton, R. 1995. Trapping techniques and pen design for the greater bilby Macrotis lagotis. Australian Mammalogy 18: 101-104
• Southgate, R. & Adams, M. 1993. Genetic variation in the greater bilby. Pacific Conservation Biology 1: 46-51
• Southgate, R. & Possingham, H. 1995. Modeling the reintroduction of the greater bilby Macrotis lagotis using the metapopulation model analysis of the likelihood of extinction (ALEX). Biological Conservation 73: 151-160
• Southgate, R.I. 1990. Distribution and abundance of the greater bilby Macrotis lagotis Reid (Marsupialia: Peramelidae). pp. 293-302 in Seebeck, J.H., Brown, P.R., Wallis, R.L. & Kemper, C.M. (eds). Bandicoots and Bilbies. Chipping Norton : Surrey Beatty & Sons 392 pp.
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• Spencer, B. 1897. Description of two new species of marsupials from Central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 9: 5-11
• Tate, G.H.H. 1948. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 60 Studies in the Peramelidae (Marsupialia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 92: 313-346
• Thomas, O. 1887. Description of a second species of rabbit-bandicoot (Peragale). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 19: 397-399
• Thomas, O. 1905. On some Australasian mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 422-428
• Troughton, E. le G. 1932. A revision of the rabbit-bandicoots. Family Peramelidae, genus Macrotis. The Australian Zoologist 7: 219-236
• Troughton, E. le G. 1941. Furred Animals of Australia. 1st edn. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xxvii 374 pp. 25 pls.

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