38.31.00=Paleontology 39.19.00=Physical Geography 39.29.00=Toponymy 41.19.00=Solar System ENCYCLOPEDIA Paleontology abdominal cavity aboriginal australians action plan adustus species aerosus species aethiopicus species afra species africa albicauda species albipes species alexandri species alfari species alticola species american society amsterdam amsterdam andaman islands andinus species andrewsi species animal animal life annual cycle apicalis species arabian peninsula area areas arenarius species arnhemensis species auditory bulla auratus species australasian marsupials australia australian landmass bat bats behavior bengalensis species biology birth blanfordi species body body length bonn convention brown burning regime campestris species caurinus species cave central characteristics charles darwin chiropteran monophyly chorioallantoic placenta ciencias universidad columnar cacti common names comparative physiology conservation conservation status conserve heat costa rica crassicauda species crassicaudatus species cryptoses choloepi dark day democratic republic diet dimijianphoto researchers direct sunlight distribution dominican republic dorre islands ear ecology ecology diet embryonic diapause environmental contamination european colonization european settler family feeding feeding ecology feeding ecology diet female females finkphoto researchers food forearm forest french guiana french toupaie fruit fully haired fur genus gray great mobility ground group grzimek guinea habitat hans zischler head head body human humans huon peninsula including individual insect island kawau rangitoto larch sawfly latin america lava tube leaf length life life encyclopedia litter lives long male mammal mammalian species mammals mandibular condyle mating mental foramen migratory animals moderately dense mole month names national academy national park nocturnal northern number olfactory cue orange-rufous ventrally order pectoral girdle permission phone photo physical physical characteristics polygynous population possum press promiscuous puerto rico rainforest rainforests range reproduced reproduced permission reproductive reproductive biology reproductive energetics rice paddy roost royal society salvador sensory whisker sexual maturity sexually mature sheltered ravine short shrew sierra leone significance significance humans silvery wash sister taxon size sloth smythephoto researchers solitary south southern specie species sri lanka status subfamily subspecies tail taxonomy thomsonphoto researchers threatened time tree tuttlephoto researchers uiblephoto researchers university vampires burial von helversen water weight white wire year york young