l.nrw Desert Sniiiilhopsis 



IS'=»5. PrOrfl Roy. Sac. Vietona, 



new scr., 7, 223. 

 1*96. Report mi ihc Horn So 



Kxpcd. I« Cential Australia, 



2 (Zool ): 35-6, pi I. tig. 2. 



2u.lt. 



Sminlhopm tniuruta psammopliiln 

 1947, Bull. Anict M us . N..1. 

 His. 8S (3): 123. 



Xmnfkopfii psotmnnpliilti Traughton, 

 :^i»4. I'roc I in. Sot. New South 

 Wales, K9 |3>: 317. 



VI All KIM. 



The original description of Smin- 

 tkapsb f/saaimpphit«S included no 

 cranial details, since it was based on 

 smgle spirit preserved specimen 

 with the skull in siiti. An expanded 

 ICefiurJI of the species is appended, 

 based on ihc Holotype in the 

 National Museum ef Victoria: no. 

 CfefiS. aduli (spirit body with 

 skull now removed) Sand Hills 

 OSSt l ake Arviadeus C.A.. IS94, K 

 C Cowle" Plus 4 specimens fcOJtl 

 Ifq South Australian Museum: nos 

 M7662, adull f . ( puppet skin and 

 sfcaflj Sec. id, Hundred of Mambiyn. 

 S \ . 28 Fell. 1969. M. Andrews: 

 M7663. adull J. (spin!) M7971 

 and M7972. adult 9 ?■ f puppet skins 

 and skulls) Sec. 45. Hundred of 



BwtiWdtftf, 23 Apr m9 - D - Eich ' 

 ncr. 



Pelage colour nomenclature fol- 

 lows the standards of Ridgewav. 

 ilv'12) and all measurcmenls are in 

 millimetres with the terminology, un 

 less otherwise stated, after Cockrum 

 (19551. Skull measurements were 

 made with Helios dial calipers under 

 B binocular microscope. Flesh dimen- 

 sion.* were obtained Trom licsh 

 m.-«U-risil m rife CaSC ol South Aus- 

 tralian Museum specimens and liom 



Apnl. I97» 



a spirit preserved specimen in the 

 case of the Holotvpc (Spencer. 189? 

 up- rit.), 



I llLIJ iDLNtU-tl UllIN 



An exceptional!^ large and robust 

 Sntintht>p\ix, cleai I v recognisable 

 from olher members ot its genus by 

 the laterally Hun, dorso-ventrai. 

 feathcr-like cresl of still hairs on (he 

 distal quarter of the tail (Plate 2). 



I-NTI R\'\l. I t U L RI S 



Dorsally the line dense fur is 

 approximately 14 mm. long, of which 

 the hasal 10 mm. are dark mouse 

 grey, the medium 3 mm. arc drab 

 grey and the terminal I mm. is fus- 

 cous black. Interspersed with the tut 

 are spines 18 mm. long, of which the 

 basal 8mm. BUB dark mouse grey and 

 the thickened, apical 10 mm. arc 

 fuscous black. The back is thus im- 

 parted with a diah. brindled appear- 

 ance that is continued forward on 

 •he head in a wedge shaped patch 

 with its apex between the eyes. 

 l-"lsewheic on the doisaJ surface of 

 Ihe head, the fur is shorter and more 

 bristly, with less pronounced fuscous 

 black tips and fewer spines, giving 

 B lighier, less brindled clfecl. A 

 fuscous black ling of hair is present 

 around the eye * Mvstical vibrtssae 

 number approximately 25 on each 

 side, are up io 35 mm. in length and 

 arc predomincntiy luscous black. 

 Other vibnssae per side arc: orbital. 

 2. luscous black; faeiaJ, 2, fuscous 

 black: and carpal. 2, white. 



On 'he cheeks, flanks, shoulders, 

 hips and thighs, the fuscous black 

 lips ol the fur arc markedly reduced, 

 the median shaft colour alias to 

 vinaceous buff, and spines tire vir- 



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 i..- U. n-,i. . m "lii. I. h,. .u»i%l.- '_1lwr» l» 

 4 c imr i 'i ii.. ■• ai '"nil i»i> oyc Sn*«- 

 jun- r«jiiim»iiin ^ I'tt lltiWiMK »tv«<n«l no 



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