[LINK] Atlas of Living Australia

[Steven Clark]

On 09/04/11 07:05, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> Giving the difficulty of the project, I think it's pretty wonderful. 
> Even making the attempt is just brilliant!
>
> My wife and I have some holiday cottages in the Blue Mountains - 
> http://www.bunjareecottages.com.au/ - and we've been troubled with 
> antechinus invasions.
invasions?

>  Well, I don't mind so much, Brit and Aussie guests 
> have no trouble, but some cultures believe they are mice no matter what 
> you tell them ...
that may also be a consequence of language: some languages (or perhaps
dialects?) have only one word for 'small furry mouse-like mammal', so
any translation will always end up with the equivalent of 'mouse' - with
all the connotations that go with it.

> What I didn't know until I looked here was that there isn't one, but 
> four, local species of antechinus. So when I do my regular 
> trap-and-release run this weekend ahead of the school holidays, I'm 
> going to have to take pictures and try to identify them!
pay attention to ears, teeth, and snouts. fur colouring may not be
useful as a distinguishing feature :)

-- 
Steven