MAMMALS OF BILLYACATTING HILL NATURE RESERVE

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 9 years ago

Introduction: Mammals were surveyed on Billyacatting Hill Nature Reserve between 30 October and 7 November 1972, and 30 March and 6 April 1974. Small mammals were trapped according to the method of Kitchener & Chapman (1976). Female specimens were dissected for information on reproduction. Stomach contents of chiropterans and dasyurids were identified wherever possible. Detailed descriptions of vegetation, soils and leaf litter at traplines, as well as their location are presented in Muir (this publication), and are summarized in Appendix 2. Trapping effort is detailed in Appendix 1. All specimens are in the Western Australian Museum with registration numbers M9545-9549 and M11390-11422. In the annotated list the number in parentheses refers to number of specimens.