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Habitat. Interior of South Australia, Victoria, and New 

 South AValcs. 



9. Peranielcs Gunnii, Gray Vol. I. PI. 9. 



Habitat. Van Dienien's Land. 



10. Perameles n:iyosurus, Wagn A^ol. I. PI. 10. 



Habitat. Western Australia. 



11. Perameles nasuta, Geoff. Vol. I. PI. 11. 



Habitat. New South Wales. 



12. Perameles macroura, Gould. 



Perameles macroura^, Gould in Proc. Zool. Soc. part x. p. 4 ; 

 Waterh. Nat. Hist, of Mamm. vol. i. p. 3G6. 



Perameles macrvrusj Gray, List of Spec, of Mamm. iu Coll. 

 Brit. Mus. p. 96. 



I have not figured this animal because, although twenty- 

 one years have passed away since my description was pub- 

 lished, 1 have never seen a second example ; still I have no 

 doubt of its being a distinct species. It greatly resembles 

 /■*. obesula and P. nasuta, but diifers from both in its larger 

 tail. I transcribe my original description from the ' Pro- 

 ceedings of the Zoological Society ' above referred to : — 



" Corpora supra nigro et jlavescenti-albo penicillato, infra 

 sordide albo, pilis rigidis obsito ; Cauda j)ilis jjat'imlis parce 

 tecta, longitudine dimidio corporis cequante, supra nigra, infra 

 fuscescenti-alba ; auris mediocribus. 



" Longitudo ab apice rostri ad basin caudas. . 

 caud(B 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris . . 



tarsi digitorumque 3 



auris 



" Habitat. Port Essington." 



13. Perameles obesula, Geoff. Vol. L PI. 12. 



Habitat. South coasts of Australia and Tasmania gene- 

 rally. 



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