MAMMALS OF BADJALING NATURE RESERVE, SOUTH BADJALING NATURE RESERVE, YOTING TOWN RESERVE AND YOTING WATER RESERVE

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Introduction: The mammal survey of these reserves is part of an integrated survey of the vertebrate fauna of the Western Australian Wheatbelt which is detailed in Kitchener (1976).

Nature Reserve (SBR), Yoting Town Reserve(YR) and Yoting Water Reserve (YWR) between 11-18 November 1974 and 5-11 May 1975. The 4 reserves were trapped simultaneously with traplines 1-5 on BNR, trapline 6 on SBR, traplines 7, 8 on YR and trapline 9 on YWR. Sites where traplines were deployed are shown in Figs 2, 3, 4 and 5 in Muir (this report). The types of traps, manner of their positioning in 'standard' traplines, and the bait used, are described in Kitchener & Chapman (1976). The trapping effort is detailed in Appendix 1. Descriptions of vegetation, soil and litter at each trapline are presented in Muir (this report); these data are summarised in Appendix 2. Weight was recorded in the field for all specimens, and all females were dissected in the laboratory and their reproductive organs examined in situ. In the annotated list below the numbers of animals captured at each trapline are indicated in brackets. All specimens are in the Western Australian Museum with registration numbers M13037-13138 and M13700-13704.