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CHCEROPUS. 



Teeth 



:— Incisors ~ ; Canines J=i ; Premolars p? ; Molars — :=48 



•* *> 1-1 3-3 4-4 ' 



The Chcekopus. Choeropus castanotus. 



Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. i. pi. 20. fig. 4 (skull), 1846. 



a, b. Skulls, and bones of body. Three miles off Muda, Australia. 

 Presented by Sir T. Mitchell. 



PERAGALEA. 



Teeth: — Incisors^; Canines^; Premolars—; Molars — : =48. 



o—a l-l 3-3 ' m 4-4 



The Peragaxea. Peragalea lagotis. 



Perameles lagotis, Reid, Trans. Zool. Soc. i. pi. 71. fig. 1 (base of 

 skull).— Owen, Odont. ii. pi. 98. fig. 5 (skull and teeth). 



Perameles (Macrotis) lagotis, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. i. pi. 20. 

 fig. 1 (base of skull). 



a. Skull, limbs, and caudal vertebra?. Presented by Mr. J. Baker. 



b. Skull : young. Port Leschenault. Presented by "W. E. Bates, Esq. 



c. Skull. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



d. Skull. Gawler Plains, Australia. From Mr. Stevens's Collection. 



PERACYON. 



Teeth : — Incisors ^ ; Canines J=i ; Premolars |=| ; Molars ^ ;=46. 



The Tasmanian Wolf. Peracyon cynocephalus. 



Thylacinus harrisii, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 406. pi. 70 (skull). 



Laurent et Bazin, Ann. d'Anat. et Phys. iii. pi. 4. fig. 6 (lower jaw). 

 — Temm., Mon. Mamm. pi. 7. figs. 1, 2, 3, & 4 (skull). — Owen, 

 Odont. pi. 98. fig. 1 (teeth).— Van dm- Hoeven, Verz. der Platen, 

 pi. 19. fig. 8, 1833. — Lesson, Centime Zoologique, p. 14. pi. 2a, b 

 (skull). 



Thylacinus cynocephalus, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. i. pi. 21. 

 fig. 3 (base of skull). 



Cervical vertebras 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 2 



Caudal 18 (imperfect). 



a. Skull. Van Diemen's Land. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 



b. Limbs. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



<-, d. Skulls. Van Diemen's Land. Presented by G. R. Gunn, Esq. 

 ft Skeleton (the tail and feet imperfect). From the Zoological So- 

 ciety's Collection. 



