THYLACINUS. 



Genus PERAMELES. 



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Perameles, Geoff. Si. Hil. Bull. Soc. Philom., iii, p. 249 (1803)*. 



Thylacis, Illiger Prodr., p. 76 (i8ii). 



Isoodon, Desmarest N. Did. d' Hist. Nat., xvi, p. 409 (1817). 



Perameles obesula. 



Didelphis obesula, Shaw Nat. Miscell., viii, pi. ccxcviii (1793). 

 ferameles obesula, £/. Geoff. St. Hil. Ann. Mtcs. Paris, iv, p. 64 (1804) ; Gould 

 Mam?n.Austr.,\, pl.xii ; Blyth Cat., p. 182 ; Thomas Cat. Mars. B. if., p. 231. 

 Isoodon obesula, Desmarest N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xvi, p. 409 (1817). 



Distrihutioii. — Throughout Australia and Tasmania. 



Perameles nasuta. 



Perameles nasuta, Et. Geoff. St. Hil. Ann. Mus. Paris, iv, p. 62 (1804) ; Gould 

 Mamni. Austr., i, pi. xi ; Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 242. 



Distribution. — Eastern Australia. 

 a. Ale. Brisbane Mus. [Ex.] 



Perameles gunni. 



Perameles gunni, Gray P. Z. S., p. i (1838) ; Gould Mamm. Austr., i, pi. ix • 

 Blvth Cat., p. 182 ; Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 245. 



Distribution. — Tasmania and perhaps Victoria. 



a. Skin ^ Victoria Dr. Scone. 



b. Stuffed Tasmania Melbourne Inst., 1S62, 



A.S.B. 



Perameles bougainvillei. 



Perameles bougainvillei, Quoy et Caimard Voy. Uranie Zool., p. 56, Atlas 



pi. V (1824) ; Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 246. 

 Perameles myosuros, Wagner Archiv f. Natur., vii, pt. i, p, 293 (1841) • 



Gould Mamm. Austr., i, pi. x. 



Distribution. — Western Australia. 



a. Skin Gawler Ranges, S. Austr. Adelaide Mus, [Ex.] 



Genus THYLACINUS. 



Peracyon, Gray Ann. Philos., (2), p. 340 (1825)*. 

 Thylacinus, Tetnminck Monogr, Mamm., i, p. 60(1827). 



