41/47 SPECIES A.M.N.H. No. 153490 MAMMALS SKIN Australian Section COLLECTOR: L. MACMILLAN. COLL. NO. M. 17. Rosebeth - 18 miles North West of BIRDSVILLE - S.W. Queensland OPEN STONY DOWN & DRY SANDY CREEKS. DATE 22ND June 1940. Gujish Kangaroo-Rat. SPECIES SEX ♀ DUG OUT SHOT 5 P.M. W.GHT. 29.2 gm. SKL. Marked M. 17. STM. T; full of chewed seeds & vegetable matter. CONDITION GONADS. non gravid uterus, possibly an anim as it does not appear to have bred yet. TOTAL 232 mm TAIL 136 H.F.C.V. 36 H.E.A.C. 25. 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 REMARKS I believe though a different colour from those found at Dickaree Water Hole they are the same species with a colouration more suited to their surroundings. Rosebeth is a limestone outcrop country with a consequent whitening of the soil, especially the sand, & thus local species have developed a greyer colour. Burrows & habits seem very similar to Diccaree. In case they are a different race a number will be put in alcohol. They are fairly numerous in the dry sand blows, dry sandy channels & dry creeks of the area. They do not seem common out amongst the stones of the stony areas though some have been seen out there at night but never in the day. The sandy places which are really gaps in the surface stone are where they seem to be at home. S. & MCD. PTY. LTD., MELB., NO. 4764. body, 99