Zoology.'] 



NATUKAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. 



\_Mammalia. 



rest of the molars j posterior half bituhercular, and only as hig-h as the others, which 

 are all quadri tubercular, except the small hiud one, which is tritubercular. 



Length of bead 



„ from snout to base of tail 



„ of tail 



„ of ear 



„ of fore foot 



„ of bind foot 



„ of nasal bones 



„ of frontal bones 



Reference. — McCoy, Ann. and Mao-. Nat. Hist. 180?, vol. xx. p. 287. 



In general appearance this curious animal is intermediate 

 between Belideus and Phascogale; but its nearest affinity is with 

 the former, from which the absence of the flank-membrane and 

 the different form of the feet distinguish it. There is only one 

 species known, which occurs in the scrul) on the banks of the 

 Bass River, in Victoria. I name it after the skilled taxidermist 

 of our Public Museum, in which specimens of both sexes are 

 preserved. 



Explanation of Figures. 



Plate 91. — Fig. 1 represents the male, two-thirds the natural size. Figs, la, fore foot, 

 and 16, hind foot, twice the natural size. Fig. \c, skull, side view, natural size. Fig. \d, 

 same, viewed from above. Fig. le, teeth of upper jaw, magnified two diameters. Fig. If, 

 teeth of lower jaw, twice natural size. 



Frederick McCoy. 



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