Gunnison Valley News | 1932-08-18 | Page 7 | Rat-Kangaroo Still Lives |

Type	issue
Date	1932-08-18
Paper	Gunnison Valley News
Language	eng
City	Gunnison
County	Sevier
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Article Title	Rat-Kangaroo Still Lives
Type	article
Date	1932-08-18
Paper	Gunnison Valley News
Language	eng
City	Gunnison
County	Sevier
Page	7
OCR Text	Show Rat-Kangaroo Still Lives The rat-kangaroo of Australia, long thought extinct, has been rediscovered rediscov-ered by H. H. Finlayson of Adelaide university, that country. In a letter in Nature, a scientific periodical published pub-lished in London, he points out that since 1843 it has been feared this queer animal had become extinct. The writer claims he has not only rediscovered re-discovered the long lost desert Inhabitant, In-habitant, but has obtained specimens speci-mens in all stages of development. They live in the sandnill country between be-tween the Diamantina and Coopers rivers. They are marsupials and possess pouches In which they carry their young.
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