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chriselidie
wrote:
28 min ago
Thanks, that's good to know. I've taken all 11 caterpillars in and housed according to colour. Will see if any make it to adulthood.
Ectropis (genus) immature
Liam.m
wrote:
33 min ago
@DonFletcher pretty confident. I think house mouse can be ruled out pretty easily based on what @81mv has said, though it would’ve been easier if we could see the tail also. I think the shadows may make the head stripe less visible, but I think it’s worth noting that in my experience (living on a property where we find dunnarts from time to time) I have found that as a general rule the head stripe is not super pronounced in any individual of this species in the area (but this is just my personal experience). I would be willing to call it.
Isoodon obesulus obesulus
DonFletcher
wrote:
1 hr ago
@81mv where is its tail please, I cant see it? And are those eyes really different to a House Mouse?
The habitat is wrong for Antechinus and I think the snout is not pointed as much as Antechinus. I think the contest would be between Common Dunnart and House Mouse but the animal in the images seems to lacks the head striping of a dunnart, which I would have thought could be readily visible in a dorsal closeup view such as this. Also its nose seems less pointed than a dunnart but I'm unsure, depending on the angle ...
@Liam.m how confident are you about Common Dunnart?
The habitat is wrong for Antechinus and I think the snout is not pointed as much as Antechinus. I think the contest would be between Common Dunnart and House Mouse but the animal in the images seems to lacks the head striping of a dunnart, which I would have thought could be readily visible in a dorsal closeup view such as this. Also its nose seems less pointed than a dunnart but I'm unsure, depending on the angle ...
@Liam.m how confident are you about Common Dunnart?
Isoodon obesulus obesulus
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- Keyacris scurra at Captains Flat, NSW
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