Detail View: Zooarchaeology: Pseudocheirus peregreinus (Ring-tailed possum)
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Identifier:
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00686
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Title:
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Pseudocheirus peregreinus (Ring-tailed possum)
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Creator:
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Cosgrove, Richard (author)
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Creator:
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Mebberson, Megan (artist)
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Subject:
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Keywords: Mammal, herbivore, Pseudocheirus peregreinus, Ring-tailed possum, irregular bone, cranial bone, mandible
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Subject:
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Archaeology
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Subject:
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Skeletal anatomy
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Subject:
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Zooarchaeology
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Subject:
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Faunal analysis
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Subject:
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Australia
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Description:
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Superior view of mandible. Note the distinctive, predominantly longitudinal (rather than transverse) crests on the molars. Like the kangaroo family, the incisors are leaf-like and pointed (in contrast to T. vulpecula, Brush-tailed possum) (cf. Merrilees a
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Publisher:
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Department of Archaeology, La Trobe University
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Contributor:
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Cosgrove, Richard (Course Coodinator)
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Date:
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1997-02-01
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Type:
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Image
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Relation:
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Research set series
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