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SPECIES
A.M.N.H. NO. 153449-153454
MAMMAL DEPT.
SPiRIT
Australian Section
ROSEBERTH - 18 miles north west of BIRDSTVILLE - N.W. Queensland.
Open stony downs or dry sandy creeks.
COLLECTOR: L. MACMILLAN.
COLL. NO. SPIRIT No. 19.
DATE 15TH JUNE 1940
SPECIES
Missol. Kangaroo Rats.
SEX
Digging out burrow.
SHOT
am 9-3 P.M.
WGT.
6 specimens 217*0 gm.
SKL.
STM.
CONDITION GONADS.
Put in cheese cloth bundle in large spirit can marked No. 1.
No details were taken as these specimens came in with a flood of ornithological specimens, so these were put into alcohol.
These kangaroo rats appear at first glance to be different to those at Dickson, the colour being different + ears appear longer.
TOTAL
TAIL:
H.F.C.U.
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.
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
REMARKS
S. & MCD. PTY. LTD., MELB., NO. 4764.