StlMM 



The density of ihc population of 

 H. juxapes on Ciicatcr Qfennk 

 Island is approMmalcIv M) rals/acic. 

 which in unusually high compared 

 wilh populalions elscwheic. Si/c of 

 home range tloes not seem to be 

 allected hy this. 



By comparing skull incasiiicinents 



with those of two separate popuh. 1 

 nous on the mainland, it was fumi,! 

 (hat the Cilennie population is «,,.,, 

 probably R, fltscipei' Titfifcs of skuil 

 and hody measureineuls oi Ihc ts\ Mul 

 population arc given. 



I hc breeding season is early sum- 

 met; and individuals weic observed 

 to live for two years. 



Acknowledgements 



l'hc author wishes to lhank Di. D. 

 F. Dorward of the Department of 

 Zoology and Comparative I'hvsio 

 logy. Monash University, lor his 

 encouragement, assistance, and help- 

 ful criticism. Thanks are also due to 

 ihc many members of the Monash 



f nivfisils Biological Society, win. 

 collected the lield data, and In Mi 

 R. M Wainckc ol the I ishcnes anil 

 Wildlife Department, Victoria foi 

 most ol Ihe mainland skulls, and to: 

 his iepo|\ing ol some of our marked 

 animals trapped 



Corbel, ti. B (l%l). Origin of the 

 Britlitb in-ailar races ol small mam- 

 mals anil of Ihe "LlliilAnW fauna. 

 Nature, I.ond.. I') I. 1037 



i arjjct, <■• B, 1 1963). Ah isolated popu 

 FotiOIl ol the bank-vole Clrtlnionomw 

 gbreotas with aherrcnt dental pat- 

 tern. Proc. <rool. Soc. I.ond.. 

 316. 



C'oihct. Cj B (l%4). Regional varia- 

 tion in the hank-vole Ctitlu nmt'iny\ 



^lareofm in the British Isles Proc 



yot.l. Soc. I.ond.. 14.1. \f\ 

 I Ivrhardt. I. I. (IW>. Population 



estimates from recapture frequencies. 



J. Wildl. VtgnU. H CD. 2*?». 

 (,iwn. R. BL <1%7> The murids and 



small dasyurids in Tasmania. Pis. 1 & 



2. Rccoid-. of ihc Queen Victorii 

 Museum. 



(.teen. K. Hi ll9(.K) The miirids M 

 small das> mills in Tasmania. Pts .1 4 

 I. Records of i lie Queen Victoria 

 Museum, S2. 



Homer, B Hi/aK-ih <-V Lo'or, J Mtt 

 list's) SwIenialK iclalionships anmnc 

 Kntlii\ in southern Australia: Kvi- 

 dence liom uoss breeding e\|>cn 

 menls. C SIR O Wildl Res.. Ul 

 ioi -9. 



I ate, C ' H II i \4$6 I Mundae oi D 

 li.do-Ausir.dia region Bull. Am«i 

 Mos Nat. Hist.. 72, 501 - 7 2R. 



Wainckc, R M. (unpublished) I ik 

 history and ecology of Rutins |U0 



tiKOI OGV CROl P i:\CtKSIONS 



Sunday, M .March- Deep Creek CUagc. Bull.. leader Ml t .voice I klJ 



transport is by private car. Spaie seats arc usually available to. I ...... wid.n 



their own transport. l:\cu.sions leave from ihe weMctu end of Hinder, a ' 

 Station, opposite the C I A Building, at MO am 



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