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Skull of a Marsupial Mouse with Flora

Macro Mondays: 5 Letters

Antechinus Skull:- a carnivorous Marsupial Mouse I found that had been run over on the back road. The ears helped me identify it at the time. I've saved the bones to show the children at my Child Care Centre. The children have made the jaw bones separate from the skull so they're not in the right spot ... serious underbite, now :))

"Small native carnivorous marsupial, greyish-brown above and paler below. Long pointed head with bulging eyes and four pairs of small sharp incisor teeth. Ears are large, thin and crinkly with a notch in the margin. Tail is the same length as the body or shorter and is sparsely haired. It weighs up 71 grams."

Flora: tiny native geranium.

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Uploaded on March 12, 2023
Taken on March 9, 2023