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SPECIES
A.M.N.H. No. 153480
SEX ♀
DUG OUT OF BURROW
SHOT 2-5 P.M.
STM. full of soft white kernel of a species of onion grass or nut grass, probably the latter
MAMMALS
DICKAREE WATERHOLE - 10 miles south of
BIRDSVILLE - S.W. QUEENSLAND
East margin of Langman Desert
AUSTRALIAN SECTION
COLLECTOR: L. MACMILLAN.
COLL. No. M. 14.
DATE 1st JUNE 1940
SPECIES
Qreduishbrown FIELD-MOUSE
TOTAL: 164 mm.
TAIL:- 82 mm.
H.F.G.V.- 15 mm
H.E.A.C.- 10 mm.
CONDITION GONADS. pregnant, with six young about 12 mm. long, eyes & fut formed & distinct.
4 on one side left, 2 on right side.
WGT. 20·11. gm.
SKL.
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.
TAIL R. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.
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
Ticket numbered M. 14.
REMARKS
This species live in large warrens but have small feeding burrows close about where they dig for the bulbous roots of granes.