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S. & MCD. PTY. LTD., MELB., NO. 4764.
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SPECIES
A.M.N.H. No. 153477
AUSTRALIAN SECTION.
COLLECTOR: L. MACMILLAN.
COLL. No. M. 4.
DATE 21st MAY 1940
MAMMAL DEPT.
DICKAREE WATER-HOLE, 10 miles south of BIRDSVILLE, S.W. Queensland.
East Margin of Simpson Desert
SPECIES
SEX TRAPPED SHOT 1-7 AM.
♀
CONDITION GONADS. Pregnant, 5 young about ½ developed, sacbus size of a very large green pea.
WGT. 151.55 gm.
SKL. Numbered M. 4.
TOTAL: 307 mm.
TAIL: 134 mm.
H.F.C.U.: 31 mm.
H.E.B.C.: 16 mm.
STM. ½, green vegetable matter, grass or herbages, some dry grass.
Trapped in trap placed alongside well defined pad, trap smeared with beef dripping a 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
♀ RAT.
fully skeletonized & marked M-4.
REMARKS
Soft parts usual.
These seem a strange species as regards sex organs. The Openings of the mammary glands of the ♀ appear almost identical in outward appearance. The large scrotum of the ♂ is the most noticeable difference in the sexes - by looking the large virgina of the ♀ is plainly visible.