22 PERAMELES. 



2. PERAMELES GUNNI, Gray (1838). 

 Tasmanian Striped Bandicoot. 



Size large; form slender. Fur soft, not spinous. Muzzle long 

 and slender. Ears long and pointed, reaching when laid forward 

 beyond the eye ; their backs yellowish-brown, with a darker blotch 

 on the anterior portion of their terminal half. General color 

 above grizzled yellowish-brown; below white or yellowish-white ; 

 sides of rump with four vertical light bands. Soles hairy and 

 black posteriorly, naked and white anteriorly; small round striated 

 pads at bases of fourth and fifth toes. Tail very short, slender, 

 white except on a short basal portion of the upper surface. 

 Mammae "? 



Dimensions. Head and body about sixteen inches ; tail less 

 than four inches. 



Habitat. Tasmania, and probably the coastal region of South- 

 eastern Victoria. 



References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 245 ; Gould, Mauim. 

 Austr. i. pi. ix. 



3. PERAMELES NASUTA, Geoffroy (1804). 



Long-nosed Bandicoot. 



Size large ; form slender. Fur coarse, hispid, and slightly 

 spinous. Muzzle very long and slender. General color above 

 dull olivaceous-brown ; below white. Ears long, narrow, and 

 pointed. Inner side of limbs and feet white. Soles granulated, 

 black and thinly hairy posteriorly, white and naked anteriorly. 

 Tail of moderate length, brown above, paler below. Mammae ? 



Dimensions. Head and body about sixteen inches ; tail abou 

 five inches. 



Habitat. Eastern Australia. 



References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 242, pi. xxii. figs. 5 <k 6 

 (skull) ; Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pi. xi. 



4. PERAMELES MACRURA, Gould (1842). 

 North Australian Bandicoot. 



Size large ; form rather stout. Fur short, coarse, and spiny. 

 General color above coarsely grizzled yellow and black ; below 

 white or yellowish-white. Ears short and broad, their backs 

 brown, narrowly margined with white. Hands and feet brown, 

 or mixed brown and white. Soles naked and coarsely wrinkled. 

 Tail rather long, brown above, white below. Mamma; eight. 



Dimensions. Head and body about sixteen inches ; tail about 

 seven inches. 



Habitat. Northern Australia. 

 References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 234. 



