20 CHCROPUS 
mentary or absent. Hind feet syndactylous, with four or five 
toes very unequal in size ; hallux rudimentary or absent ; second 
and third toes slender, united ; fourth strongest, long, with a large 
claw ; fifth present, clawed. Clavicles absent. Ccecum present. 
Pouch present, opening backwards. 
Genus I.—CH@ROPUS, W. Ogzlby (1838). 
Form light and slender. Muzzle short and narrow. Ears long 
and narrow. Fore feet with the first and fifth digits absent, the 
fourth rudimentary, the second and third fully developed with 
long, slender claws. Hind feet with the hallux absent, the fifth 
toe rudimentary, and the fourth very large. Tail cylindrical, 
slightly crested along the upper surface. Mamme eight. 
oye 1.2.3.4.5 1 1.0.3.4 1.2.3.4 ej ae 
Dentition.—I. [Loom C. p es 03! M. 1.234 x 2=48. 
Habits.—Terrestrial ; fossorial ; omnivorous. 
1. Cua@Ropus CASTANOTIS, Gray (1842). 
Pig-footed Bandicoot. 
Size small ; form delicate. Fur coarse and straight, but not 
spiny. Ears thinly haired, dull chestnut-brown behind, darkening 
towards the tip. General color above coarse grizzled gray with 
a tinge of fawn ; below white. Limbs long and slender. Tail 
short, black above, gray on the sides and below. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about ten inches ; tail about four 
inches. 
Habitat.—Western New South Wales and Victoria; South 
and West Australia ; (Northern Territory ‘). 
Type.—tIn the Australian Museum, Sydney. 
References.—Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 250; Gould, Mamm. 
Austr. i. pl. vi. 
Genus II.—PERAMELES, Geoffroy (1803). 
Form varying from stout and clumsy to light and delicate. 
Muzzle long and pig-like. Ears variable in size. Fore feet with 
the first and fifth digits short and clawless, and the three middle 
digits long and subequal with curved fossorial claws. Hind feet 
with the hallux short and clawless, the second and third toes with 
flat twisted nails, the fourth long and powerful with a stout pointed 
claw, and the fifth similar but smaller. Tail tapering ; short- 
haired or nearly naked. Mamme six or eight. 
OA 1.2.3.4.5 or 0 1 1.0.3.4 1.2.3.4 6 ee 
Dentition.—I1 iar ee C. Dp 1B. 103” M, 1234 xX 4 = 46 or 48, 
Habits. —Terrestrial ; fossorial ; omnivorous. 
Note.—The Bandicoots do a great amount of damage to culti- 
vated lands and gardens, not only by digging up and consuming 
