COLLECTION NAME:
Zooarchaeology
Record
Identifier:
00709
Title:
Hydromys chrysogaster (Water rat)
Creator:
Cosgrove, Richard (author)
Creator:
Mebberson, Megan (artist)
Subject:
Keywords: Mammal, omnivore, Hydromys chrysogaster, Water rat, irregular bone, cranial bone, cranium, maxilla
Subject:
Archaeology
Subject:
Skeletal anatomy
Subject:
Zooarchaeology
Subject:
Faunal analysis
Subject:
Australia
Description:
Inferior view of cranium, premaxilla (with incisors) and maxilla (with broad flat molars). This species only has 2 molars unlike all other Australian rodents which have 3. Note also the basin-like depressions in the molars which contrast with the cusp pat
Publisher:
Department of Archaeology, La Trobe University
Contributor:
Cosgrove, Richard (Course Coodinator)
Date:
1997-02-01
Type:
Image
Relation:
Research set series
Hydromys chrysogaster (Water rat)
