Evidence of predation on a young tuatara,Sphenodon punctatus,by kiore,Rattus exulans,on Lady Alice Island |
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| Authors: | Donald G. Newman |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Conservation , P.O. Box 10420, Wellington , New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Wounds on a juvenile tuatara discovered dead on Lady Alice Island, Chickens group, Hauraki Gulf, appear to have been inflicted by kiore. Flesh was stripped from the right abdominal wall of the tuatara exposing its ribs and liver, and part of its tail and eight digits were missing. |
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| Keywords: | Reptilia Sphenodontia Sphenodon punctatus Mammalia Rodentia Rattus exulans predation Lady Alice Island |
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