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35. 
EXISTING SPECIES OF THE GENUS PHASCOLOMYS. 
Gray.—A.M.N.H., p. 457, Vol. xi., 1863. Describes 
Ph. ursmus from Van Diemen’s Land, Ph. angasi 
from South Australia, Ph. setosus from Australia. The 
latter is the specimen figured by Gould as Ph. latifrons. 
Describes the first skin of Ph. latifrons that reached 
England under the name of Lasiorhimus m coyi. 
Sclater.—A.M.N.H., Vol. xii., p. 78, 1863. States that 
Gray’s Ph. angasw is identical with Gould’s Ph. niger. 
Murie.—P.Z.S., p. 838, 1865. Contains general dis- 
cussion with regard to the species of the genus de- 
scribed up to date. Gives figure of Ph. latifrons (ani- 
mal), and of skulls of Ph. latifrons, Ph. wombat, and 
Ph. platyrhinus. States that Ph. platyrhinus is identi- 
cal with Ph. mitchelli. Recognises Ph. wombat and 
Ph. platyrhinus, and Lasiorhinus as a sub-genus with 
the species Ph. latifrons. 
Murve.—P.Z.8., p. 798, 1867. Describes Ph. platy- 
rhinus at length, and again recognises three species. 
Figures Ph. platyrhinus. 
McCoy.—P.R.S., Victoria, p. 266, 1868. States that the 
common Victorian species is Ph. platyrhinus, of which 
Ph. niger is only a variety, and with which Ph. angasiw 
is identical. Recognises Ph. setosus as a distinct species. 
Krefft.—Mammals of Australia, Text to Plate v. Says 
that Ph. wombat is peculiar to Tasmania and Islands 
of Bass Strait. Ph. platyrhinus occurs in New South 
Wales and Victoria. 
Grimes.—Voyage of His Majesty's Colonial Schooner 
“Cumberland” from Sydney to King Island and Port 
Phillip in 1802-3. The journal kept by Flemming 
was published in Historical Records of Port Phallip, 
edited by John J. Shillinglaw, Melbourne, 1879. 
Grimes met Baudin at Sea Elephant Bay on the east 
coast of King Island, and on the return voyage to 
Sydney discovered the River Yarra. Several refer- 
ences are made to the capture of emus and wombats 
(called badgers) on King Island. 
36. Thomas.—Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus. Recognises Ph. 
ursinus of Tasmania and Islands of Bass Strait; Ph. 
mitchelli, the common mainland form; with naked 
thinarium and Ph. latifrons im South Australia, with 
hairy rhinarium. The species as recognised by Thomas 
have been accepted up to the present time. 
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