. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. Fig. 1. Fig- 2- AUSTRALIAN POVCHED MULE, KuforycfCS ttjphlops. FIO. I. VENTRAL. EIO. 11. LATERAL ASPECTS, AFTER DR. J. E. STIRLINO. TWO-THIRDS NATURAL SIZE, p. 28. its allies. It frequents the sandy spinifex lands in the neighbourhood of the Finke Ptiver water course and the Alice Springs Stations in the southern part of the Northern Territory of South Australia, distant from Adelaide about one thousand miles. The capture of the first example oljtained was due to the observation on the surface of the sand of peculiar trails which, on being follow
. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. Fig. 1. Fig- 2- AUSTRALIAN POVCHED MULE, KuforycfCS ttjphlops. FIO. I. VENTRAL. EIO. 11. LATERAL ASPECTS, AFTER DR. J. E. STIRLINO. TWO-THIRDS NATURAL SIZE, p. 28. its allies. It frequents the sandy spinifex lands in the neighbourhood of the Finke Ptiver water course and the Alice Springs Stations in the southern part of the Northern Territory of South Australia, distant from Adelaide about one thousand miles. The capture of the first example oljtained was due to the observation on the surface of the sand of peculiar trails which, on being followed up, resulted in the discovery of the animal reposing under a tuft of the Spinifex or Porcupine grass, Triodia irritans. Further observation elicited the fact that its usual habit was to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kent, W. Saville (William Saville), d. 1908. London, Chapman & Hall
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