Tabu I 



table showing the distribution of marsupials and one monolreme in the 



Purneaiix Group. 





B. 



W. 



Fi 



B. 



p. 



Bd. 



V. 



CB. 



Ck. 























Wullalw rufogmi-u 







X 



i 





i 





X 





Thvfozole Mlardkri 



X 



X 



X 





X 







X 



X 



fwttota MB* iy!" s 







x 











'.' 



■> 







X 

















fajtchtmis minimus 







X 













0 



\minilmpsis leiwopn\ 



* 



X 















i 



On/rli WJ nanus 







X 











1 





TSttidochc'iflli vonvolutiii 







X 











X 





Trii lwMinix vultmvla 



I i 





X 





i 











\omhalm iirsiims 







x 















Tin hyuumus xetosus 



1 





X 









i 







kex tu column hcutlinxs: 



(| I Ml SiMtr W - Wol SIMM; I - flinders: B Hah* I; f - Prime Seal. lid. lloJatr. 

 v Vtmiiliiil; < H — Cape H»rren; Ck ChrkeV 



Inohled present occurrence .»f an apparently original popnlatiuti. "I" imlkotc, 

 J >pecirs; ;ind indicate uncertainly of cilhet Ihc pr.wnt occurrence c.f a 

 :nv »f the $pea\t» present, 



mecin <" "< the id 



Ship's Rat {Hail us Hitlut) 



Ship's Riils appear lo be wide- 

 spttftd OB FlWteB Island. As well, 1 

 have seen ihem On Big Green Island 

 and trapped them on Cape Barren 

 Island. On the latter island I even 

 caught them in a lent gully high on 

 (he western slopes of Mount Munro 

 in April l%7 - ° nL ' Ship's Rat was 

 found dead in a hireling shed on 

 (.real Dog Island in Mareh I "67. It 

 had apparently been killed by poison 

 laid b) the shed owner for House 

 Mice. The rat was given lo me on 

 foe island. When I mentioned it to 

 Die oldest birder on the island he told 

 me that it was the lirsl he had heard 

 of on Greal Dog in his lorty-five 

 vear, nl mutton birdmg there (W. A 

 Riddle, pers. comm.). I caught no 

 shif>\ fells during the month I spent 

 mi West Stsict and Babel Islands. 



October, 1971 



haslet it Swamp Ral (Rttllus 

 hitre'olitx) 



I trapped Eastern Swamp Rats at 

 a swamp behind the western end pi 

 Kilhccrankie Bay. Hinders Island, in 

 late H>66. There were a number of 

 burrows and an extensive system of 

 tracks around ihc margin of the 

 swamp Ihc National Museum of 

 Victoria holds a specimen from 

 Smith's Gully. Hinders Island. It is 

 number C&465 (J M- Dixon, pers. 

 comm.). On Cape Barren Island 1 

 tupped one Eastern Swamp Rat in a 

 gujfy high on the western slopes of 



Maun) Munro in A ' ,ril l9( ' 7 - 11 was 

 caught m an area of Common 

 Bracken al the edge of a fcffl gully 

 remnant. I he specimen is held al 

 Melbourne and is numbei (79*35 

 <J M- Dixon, pers comm.). 



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