EXISTING SPECIES OF THE GENUS PHASCOLOMYS. 
In the following list we have enumerated the more important 
memoirs, &c., dealing with the genus Phascolomys, and have given 
a brief outline of their contents, so far as they are concerned, with 
the history of the species included in the genus. 
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Bewick.—History of Quadrupeds, 4th edit., p. 522, 1800, 
Contains in full the letter written by Hunter, accom- 
panying the body of the wombat from Clarke Island 
sent to Newcastle. Above the letter is a figure of “ the 
Wombach.” 
. Shaw.—General Zoology, 1, Pt. 2, p. 504, 1800. Gives a 
short description of, presumably, the animal sent to 
England by Hunter (as no other was then known) 
under the name of Didelphys ursina. 
. Collins.—Account of the English Colony in New South 
Wales, 1st ed., vol. i., p. 153, 1802. 2nd ed., 1804, 
p- 466. Includes a description of a wombat found by 
Bass on Cape Barren Island. The description of the 
teeth is wrong. The animal is figured, the drawing 
being remarkably similar to the one in Bewick. 
. Geoffroy.—Annales du Museum @ histoire naturelle, vol. 2, 
1803, p. 264. Contains a preliminary description of 
certain animals collected on Baudin’s expedition. 
The generic name of Phascolomys is proposed for the 
wombat. Reference is made to the animal described 
by Bass and to the nature of its teeth. 
. Desmarest.—N. Dict. Whist. nat., xxiv., p. 14, 1803. 
Refers to the animal described by Bass, and calls it 
Wombattus fossor. 
. Sevastianof.—Mem. de ’ Acad. de St. Petersbourg, i., 1807, 
p- 443, Pl. 17. Describes a skin sent to the Museum 
in St. Petersburg, and says that it is the same species 
as the one discovered by Bass and Flinders. 
. Péron et Freycinet.—Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres 
Australes, Vol. i., letterpress, 1807; atlas, Ist part, 
1808. Gives an account of the finding of wombats 
on King Island by the naturalists of Baudin’s expedi- 
tion. Plate 28 (1st edit.) represents light and dark 
varieties of the animals together with young ones, 
drawn by Lesueur. The animal is called Phascolomys 
wombat, and the locality given is King Island. 
. Home.—Trans. R. 8., 1808, p. 304. Contains a description 
of the anatomy of a male wombat. It was one of 
those taken to England from King Island by Brown, 
and lived in a domesticated state for two years. 
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