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MAMMAL DEPT. SPIRIT
AUSTRALIAN SECTION.
COLLECTOR: L. MACMILLAN.
42/12
SPECIES
BIRDSVILLE - N.W. QUEENSLAND.
COLL. NO. SPIRIT No. 24.
A.M.N.H. NO. 153427, 153428
Their desert sandhill habitat.
DATE 3rd July 1940.
SPECIES
SEX
SHOT
STM.
CONDITION GONADS.
RAT.
WGT. A. 81-75.
B. 67-35gm.
SKL.
Believed to be different to other specimens
collected to date. Appears darker + is a
greyish white not brownish rat.
PUT TOGETHER IN LARGE SPIRIT TANK No 1.
TOTAL.
TAIL.
H.E.C.V.
H.E.A.C.
MOULT
WING
R. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25.
L. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25.
SEC.
Up COVS.
Und. COVS.
SEC.
Up COVS.
Und. COVS.
TAIL
R. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.
L. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.
Up COVS.
Un COVS.
BODY
UPPERS-RUMP
UNDERS-VENT.
LOWER BACK
FLANKS
UPPER BACK
BELLY
NAPE
BREAST
CROWN
NECK
CHEEKS
CHIN
ABR.
W.
T.
W/T.
SKULL
REMARKS
2 rats captured by Kate Hawkes but dropped by them on
approached by collector.
S. & MCO. PTY. LTD., MELB., NO. 4764.