134 MACROPID^E. DASYURUS. 



DIABOLUS. 



Teeth : — Incisors i-£ ; Canines *f\ ; Premolars £2 ; Molars — :=42. 



3-3 1-1 ' 2-2 ' 4-4 ' 



The Tasmanian Devil. Diabolus ursinus. 



Dasyurus ursinus, Temm., Mon. Mamm. i. p. 68. pi. 8 (skull). — Laurent 



et Bazin, Anat. et Phys. iii. pi. 4. fig. 2 (lower jaw). — Owen, Trans. 



Zool. Soc. ii. pi. 70 (base of skull) ; Odont. pi. 98. fig. 2 (dentition) ; 



Odont., Art. m Encycl. Brit, (new edit.) p. 447 (dentition). 

 Dasyurus (Sarcophilus) ursinus, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. 



p. 448. pi. 21. fig. 4 (skull). 



a. Lower jaw. Australia. Presented by J. B. Jukes, Esq. 



ci ii ^ * f From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



d. Skull (imperfect). From the Haslar Hospital Collection. 



e. Skeleton (imperfect). From the Zoological Society's Collection. 

 /. Skull. Tasmania. Presented by Dr. Milligan. 



DASYURUS. 



Teeth : — Incisors ^ ; Canines ~ : Premolars £| ; Molars ^ ; = 42. 



6-6 J-l ' 2—2 4—4 



Geoffroy's Dasyure. Dasyurus geoffroyii. 

 *a, *b. Skulls. W. Australia. 



The Thumbed Dasyure. Dasyurus hallucatus. 



*a, *b. Skulls. Port Essington. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 

 c. Skull. Cape York. From the Voyage of the ' Rattlesnake.' Pre- 

 sented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



The Dasytjre. Dasyurus viverrinus. 



Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. pp. 406, 408. pi. 70. fig. 2 (base of skull). 

 Dasyurus maugei, Temm., Mon. Mamm. i. p. 71. pi. 7. figs. 5-8 (skulls). 



Cervical vertebras 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 2 



Caudal 18 (imperfect). 



*a. Skull. New South Wales. 



h. Skeleton. Purchased of Mr. Bartlett. 



c, d. SkuUs. 



,' '„, ,, ' I From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



g. Skull : male. Port Leschenault. From Mr. Bates's Collection. 

 h. Skull : male. From Mr. Gould's Collection. 

 i. Skull. Port Jackson. Collected during the voyage of H.M.S. 

 Herald. Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



