RM2AADHG4–Greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor) group of three,, Shark Bay UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Western Australia. Endangered species reintroduced to Shark Bay.
RM2AJ5YBC–Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated) . d Thomas, at the BritishMuseum. He was good enough to reply at once that theanimal was not Conilurtis conditor, but was a member of thegenus Lepordhis, and possibly was a new species. The second,and younger, specimen was therefore sent to the BritishMuseum to aid in the establishment of the diagnosis, andsubsequently the rat was described by Mr. Oldfield Thomas 182 (Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, vol. viii.,p. 618, Dec, 1921), and named Leporillus jonesi. When itwas found that the rat was a n
RM2AJ5T1Y–Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated) . Fig. 5. Leporillus jonesi. The palate and upper teeth to show the incisive papilla and the palate ridges. by the urethra; and externally the two sexes are very similarin young animals. The stomach (see fig. 6) is extremely large, and is verydistinctly marked out into two chambers by a frilled edge of 187 heaped-up epithelium. The first pouch is oesophageal inorigin, and the second is the true pyloric stomach. Thecaecum (see fig. 7) is enormous; the caput caeci is coiled uponitself; and the whole organ occupie
RM2AJ5RR3–Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated) . Leporillus jonesi. The stomach, showing (a) the outwardform, and (b) the interior with the well-marked separa-tion of the two chambers. Natural size. and the large intestine, in addition to its great size, is rela-tively long. In Rattus raftus the small gut measures somef2 188 72 mm., and the large gut some 20 mm.; but in Leporillusjonesi the small gut is 57 mm., while the large gut measures40 mm. The faceal pellets are more rounded in form thanare those of the members of the genus Rattus, and they aredeposit
RM2AJ5RYB–Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated) . Fig. 6. Leporillus jonesi. The stomach, showing (a) the outwardform, and (b) the interior with the well-marked separa-tion of the two chambers. Natural size. and the large intestine, in addition to its great size, is rela-tively long. In Rattus raftus the small gut measures somef2 188 72 mm., and the large gut some 20 mm.; but in Leporillusjonesi the small gut is 57 mm., while the large gut measures40 mm. The faceal pellets are more rounded in form thanare those of the members of the genus Rattus, and they ar
RM2AJ5XFX–Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated) . MVla9« Fig. 2. Leporillus jonesi. Left manus and pes of a female specimen. Twice natural size. brown (not far from Saccardos umber), the withers tend-ing more towards buffy. Under surface slaty-grey broadlywashed with drabby-whitish, the sides of the belly morestrongly drabby. Ears shorter than in apicalis, dark brown.Hands with the metatarsals dark brown, the digits lighter.Feet with the ankles, outer side of the metatarsals (inner 184 in mad€-up skin), and proximal parts of digits brown, theinner portion of
RM2AJ5XMH–Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated) . X.X.. MVla9« Fig. 2. Leporillus jonesi. Left manus and pes of a female specimen. Twice natural size. brown (not far from Saccardos umber), the withers tend-ing more towards buffy. Under surface slaty-grey broadlywashed with drabby-whitish, the sides of the belly morestrongly drabby. Ears shorter than in apicalis, dark brown.Hands with the metatarsals dark brown, the digits lighter.Feet with the ankles, outer side of the metatarsals (inner 184 in mad€-up skin), and proximal parts of digits brown, theinner port
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