TABLE OF CONTEXTS. 



607 



4.— Geuus : Pouched Squirrels (Pe- 



tauroides) 586 



Pouched Squirrel (P. volai 

 5. — Geuus : Sugar Squirrels (Petau- 



rus) 5S6 



Sugar Squirrel {P. scilireus) . 586 

 6. — Genus: Opossum Mouse (Acro- 



bates) 587 



Opossum Mouse \A.pygm 



Third Family: Wombats or Rodent- 

 like Marsupials {Phascolomyidc 1. 



Genus: Wombats (Phascolomys) 587 

 Tasmauian Wombat (/'. ursi- 



nus) 587 



Broad- fronted Wombat (P. lat- 

 ifrons) 587 



Second Suborder : Carnivorous 

 Marsupials (Polyprotodontia) . . 588 



Fifteenth Order: 



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First Family : Ant-eaters (Echid- 

 iiidir\ 596 



I. — Genus : Porcupine Ant-eaters 



[Echidna) 596 



Australian Porcupine Ant-eater 

 (E. aculeata typicd) .... 596 



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Fourth Family: Bandicoots {Per- 

 amelidce) 588 



Genus: Bandicoots (Perameles)^sS8 

 Long-nosed Bandicoots {P. na- 

 suta) 5S8 



Fifth Family: Predaceous Marsu- 

 pials (Dasyurida) 588 



THE DASYURINES {Dasyiiriinr). 



1. — Genus: Zebra-wolves (Thylaci- 



nus) . 5S9 



Zebra-wolf | /'. cynocephalus) 589 

 2. — Genus : Tasmauian Devil {Sarco- 



p/iilus) 589 



Tasmauian Devil (S. ur sinus. . 5S9 

 3. — Genus: Dasyures (Dasyurus) . .590 

 Spotted Dasyure (P). viverri- 

 nus) 590 



EGG=LAYING MAHHALS. 



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Papuan Porcupine Ant-eater . 



(E. aculeata lawesi) .... 596 

 Tasmauian Porcupine Ant 



eater (E. aculeata setosa) . 596 

 2. — Genus Woolly Echidna {Pro- 

 echidna) 597 



PACE 

 THE BANDED ANT-EATERS (Myr- 



mecobiineg) 590 



4. — Genus : Banded Anteaters(/l/ir- 



mecobius) 590 



Banded Ant- eater (M. fascial us 1590 



Sixth Family : Pouched Eats (Di- 

 delphyidte) 591 



1. — Genus: Pouched Rats (Didel- 



phys) 591 



Common Opossum IE. tnarsu- 



pialis) ' 591 



2. — Geuus : Philanders (Philander) . 594 

 Crab-eating Opossum (/'. phi- 

 lander) -.594 



3. — Genus : Water Opossums (Chiro- 



nectes) 594 



Water Opossum (C. minimus). 594 



Monotremata. 595. 



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Woolly Echidna {P. bruijnit) 597 

 Second Family: Duck-inoles <Or- 



nithorhynchidce) 597 



Genus: Duck - moles (Ornilho- 



rhynchus) 597 



Duck-mole (O. analinus) . . 597 



