Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Thomas Mitchell
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GENERAL MAP OF THE EXPLORATORY ROUTES, WITH SECTIONS OF THE RIVERS, AND A
PLAN OF THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER GLENELG; THE WHOLE BEING COMPILED BY THE AUTHOR FROM ACTUAL SURVEYS MADE UNDER HIS OWN DIRECTION, OR BY HIMSELF. ... SYSTEMATICAL LIST OF ANIMALS COLLECTED DURING THE SEVERAL EXPEDITIONS, AND DEPOSITED IN THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM AT SYDNEY. MAMMALS. 1. Rhinolophus megaphyllus. Gray. 2. Petaurus leucogaster. Mitch. (New Species.) From the banks of the Murray. 3. Phalangista xanthopus. Ogilby. From Rifle range, near the Glenelg. 4. Choeropus ecaudatus. Ogilby. (New Species.) Volume 2 page 131. From forest near the Murray. 5. Myrmecobius ? rufus. Mitch. (New Species.)* (*Footnote. This was called the red shrew mouse by the men composing the party, but as no species of the Insectivora of Zoologista has hitherto been discovered in Australia, it more probably belongs to the genus Myrmecobius, recently described by Mr. Waterhouse. I venture to name this animal with considerable hesitation, having neglected to take a note of |
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