A.B. Mirza in Papua New Guinea, September – November 1968

September – November 1968 · 74 days, 29 of them collecting · Papua New Guinea

All 79 specimens Every record on the map

AMCollectorA.B. Mirza · collected 1967–1977

Specimens: 79
Stops: 7
Names: 19
Types: 1
With images: 0
Km between stops: 335
Companions: 2
Departments: 1

14 September 1968

Day 1 of 74 · under way

Each numbered point is a stop: a run of days spent within about ten kilometres. The route between stops is drawn straight; the real course went by sea, by road or on foot.

12 specimens, 3 names
Syconycteris australis 7, Rattus niobe 4, Mirandofures altoguineae 1
The specimens from 14 Sep–19 Sep →
2 specimens, 1 name
Murexia 2
The specimens from 20 Sep →
55 specimens, 13 names
Rattus niobe 9, Paramelomys rubex 8, Coccymys 8
The specimens from 23 Sep–4 Nov →
1 specimens, 1 name
Pseudochirulus forbesi 1
The specimens from 5 Nov →
4 specimens, 1 name
Rattus steini 4
The specimens from 11 Nov–12 Nov →
2 specimens, 1 name
Rattus rattus 2
The specimens from 20 Nov →
3 specimens, 2 names
Rattus exulans 2, Uromys caudimaculatus 1
The specimens from 22 Nov–26 Nov →

What came home

The names most often on the labels of this journey; the families: Muridae 61, Pteropodidae 7, Dasyuridae 6, Petroicidae 2, Philopteridae 2, Pseudocheiridae 1.