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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



[part IV. 



Family 78.— IMYRMECOBIID^. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



The only representative of this family is the Myrmecohius fas- 

 ciatus, or native ant-eater, a small bushy-tailed squirrel-like 

 animal, found in the South and West of Australia. 



Family 79.— PERAMELID^E. (3 Genera, 10 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



Neotropical 

 Sub-regions. 



Nearctic 

 Sub-regions. 



PALiEARCTIC 



Sub-regions. 



Ethiopian 

 Sub-regions. 



Oriental 



sub-reoions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



1.2 



The Peramelidse, or bandicoots, are small insectivorous Mar- 

 supials, having something of the form of the kangaroos. They 

 range over the whole of Australia and Tasmania, as well as the 

 Papuan Islands. The genus Ferameles (8 sp.), has the range 

 of the family, one species being found in New Guinea and the 

 Am Islands (Plate XI., voL i. p. 440) ; PeragaUa (1 sp.), inha- 

 bits West Australia only ; and Chceropus (1 sp.), a beautiful little 

 animal with something of the appearance of a mouse-deer, is 

 found in both South, East, and West Australia. 



Family 80.— MACROPODIDiE. (10 Genera, 56 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



