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SPECIES
A.M.N.H. No. 153475
AUSTRALIAN SECTION MAMMAL DEPARTMENT.
COLLECTOR: L. MACMILLAN.
DICKAREE WATER-HOLE
COLL. NO. M.2.
10 miles south of BIRDSVILLE, S.W.Q.
East margin of Simpson Desert. DATE 20th-21st MAY 1940.
SPECIES
RAT.
SEX ♀
CONDITION GONADS. gravid uterus, foetuses about 5mm long.
TOTAL. 324 m.m.
TRAPPED.
SHOT 10PM.-1AM.WGHT. 175-8 gm.
SKL. Number No M.2.
TAIL. 140 mm
STM. 1/3 full of green vegetable matter, possibly clover.
H.F.C.U. 33.5 mm
H.E.A.C. 20 mm
TRAPPED WITH BEEF DRIPPING AS LURE.
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. Sec.
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.
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
LOWER BACK
UPPER BACK
NAPE
CROWN
CHEEKS
UNDERS-VENT
FLANKS
BELLY
BREAST
NECK
CHIN
ABR.
W.
T.
W./T.
SKULL
Numbered M.2.
REMARKS Iris dark brown. lower lip flesh with very slight dusky tinge, foot pads very light tinge of dusky flesh.