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kangaroo mice
SYDNEY, April l
An invasion mf kangaroo mice on » New South Wales station is reported in the "Australasian.” During the owner’s 32 years residence, he. had seen only three of these strange animals unti' March, when they appeared in numbers and 1,051 were poisoned. They 1 have long hind legs like a kangaroo. They usually run on all fours, but. when hurried they hop, after the manner ol the kangaroo. Many years ago tho owner 6 of this station found a pouched kangaroo mouse with nine young in the pouch. The mice- now seen are not pouched.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 April 1918, Page 3
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