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SPECIES
A.M.N.H. No. 153491
MAMMAL DEPT. SKIN
Australian Section.
Roseworth - 18 miles north west of BIRDSVILLE - S.W. Queensland.
COLLECTOR: L. MACMILLAN.
COLL. NO. M. 18.
Open stony downs + dry sandy creeks.
DATE 22nd June 1940
SPECIES
S' Kangaroo Rat.
SEX ♂
SHOT 4-6 P.M.
STH.
CONDITION GONADS. large + white
W.GHT. 33.82 gm.
SKL. tached M. 18.
dug out of burrow.
1/4 chewed up seeds.
total: 238 mm.
tail: 138 mm.
h.f.c.u: 35 mm
h.e.a.o: 28mm.
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.
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
Eye very dark, black or brown. Nose pink flesh. Pads flesh pink.
The scrotum of this specimen is soft + pink, not hard + black as with the scrotums of specimens collected at Birdsville Waterhole.
Lorin What looked like a scrotum may be a ruptured tail.