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SPECIES
A.M.N.H. No. 153489
MAMMALS SKIN No. 13
AUSTRALIAN SECTION
COLLECTOR: L. MACMILLAN.
DICKAREE WATERHOLE - 10 miles south of BIRDSVILLE - S.W. QUEENSLAND East margin of Simpson Desert.
COLL. NO. M. 12./13.
DATE 1st JUNE 1940
SPECIES
Pinkish Sandy BRUSH-TAILED KANGAROO RAT.
TOTAL: 238mm.
SEX ♀
DUG OUT
SHOT 2 to 5 P.M. WGHT. 35.95 gm. SKL.
CONDITION GONADS. not pregnant, but appears to have recently bred.
TAIL:- 136 mm.
H.F.C.U:- 32 mm.
STM. full of chewed grass + reeds.
H.E.B.C.: - .24mm.
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.
Up Covs.
Und. Covs.
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.
TAIL R. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.
Up Covs.
Un Covs.
L. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.
BODY
UPPERS-RUMP
UNDERS-VENT.
LOWER BACK
FLANKS
UPPER BACK
BELLY
NAPE
BREAST
CROWN
NECK
CHEEKS
CHIN
ABR.
W.
T.
W./T.
SKULL
[illegible] numbered M.13.
REMARKS
somewhat moth eaten on left side.
S. & MCD. PTY. LTD., MELB., NO. 4764.