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5. PERAMELES AURATA, Ramsay (1887). 



Golden Bandicoot. 



Size small ; form rather stout. Fur coarse and spiny. General 

 color above rich golden brown pencilled with black ; below white. 

 Ears short and broad. 



Dimensions. Head and body about eight and a half inches. 

 Habitat. North-western Australia. 

 Type. In the Macleay Museum, Sydney University. 

 Reference. Ramsay, P.L.S., N.S. Wales (2) ii. p. 551 (1887). 



6. PERAMELES OBESULA, Shaw, sp. (1793). 



Short-nosed Bandicoot. 



Size medium ; form stout. In all other respects externally 

 resembling the P. macrura, except that the tail is shorter, the 

 feet rather less heavy, and the general color lighter. 



Dimensions. Head and body about fourteen inches ; tail about 

 five and a half inches. 



Habitat. Australia south of the tropics ; Tasmania. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 231, pi. xxi. fig. 5 (ear); 

 Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pi. xii. 



Genus III. PERAGALE, Gray (1841). 



Form light and delicate. Muzzle long and narrow. Ears very 

 long. Fore feet with the first and fifth toes rudimentary and 

 claw less, and the three middle toes long, with powerful curved 

 claws. Hind limbs much longer than the fore. Hallux absent 

 externally. Soles hairy. Tail long, conspicuously crested on the 

 terminal half above. 



Dentition I 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 ' 5 C x P 1 -- 3 - 4 M L2 - 3 ' 4 x 2 - 48 

 ' ' OlS ' U- 1' ' 1.0.3.4? 1.2.3.4 5 



Habits. Terresti-ial ; fossorial ; omnivorous. 



1. PERAGALE LEUCURA, Thomas (1887). 



White-tailed Rabbit-Bandicoot. 



Size small ; form slender. Fur long, soft, and silky. General 

 color above pale yellowish-fawn ; below white. Ears thinly 

 clothed with fine silvery hairs. Limbs white. Greater part of 

 the soles hairy. Tail moderate, slender, tapering, short-haired 

 except on the terminal third above, uniform white. 



Dimensions. Of adult unknown. 



Habitat. Unknown ; probably Central or North-Central 

 Australia. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 225, pis. ii., xxi. figs. 9 

 (palm), 10 (sole). 



