22 PERAMELES. 
2, PERAMELES GUNNI, Gray (1838). 
Tasmanian Striped Bandicoot. 
Size large; form slender. Fur soft, not spinous. Muzzle long 
and slender. Ears long and pointed, reaching when laid forward 
beyond the eye ; their backs yellowish-brown, with a darker blotch 
on the anterior portion of their terminal half. General color 
above grizzled yellowish-brown; below white or yellowish-white ; 
sides of rump with four vertical light bands. Soles hairy and 
black posteriorly, naked and white anteriorly ; small round striated 
pads at bases of fourth and fifth toes. Tail very short, slender, 
white except on a short basal portion of the upper surface. 
Mammee ? 
Dimensions.—Head and body about sixteen inches ; tail less 
than four inches. 
Habitat.—Tasmania, and probably the coastal region of South- 
eastern Victoria. 
References.—Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 245; Gould, Mamm. 
Austr. 1. pl. ix. 
3. PERAMELES NASUTA, Geoffroy (1804). 
Long-nosed Bandicoot. 
Size large; form slender. Fur coarse, hispid, and slightly 
spinous. Muzzle very long and slender. General color above 
dull olivaceous-brown ; below white. Ears long, narrow, and 
pointed. Inner side of limbs and feet white. Soles granulated, 
black and thinly hairy posteriorly, white and naked anteriorly. 
Tail of moderate length, brown above, paler below. Mamme ? 
Dimensions.—Head and body about sixteen inches ; tail abou 
five inches. 
Habitat.—Eastern Australia. 
References.—Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 242, pl. xxii. figs. 5 & 6 
(skull) ; Gould, Mamm. Austr. 1. pl. xi. 
4, PERAMELES MACRURA, Gould (1842). 
North Australian Bandicoot. 
Size large; form rather stout. Fur short, coarse, and spiny. 
General color above coarsely grizzled yellow and black ; below 
white or yellowish-white. Ears short and broad, their backs 
brown, narrowly margined with white. Hands and feet brown, 
or mixed brown and white. Soles naked and coarsely wrinkled. 
Tail rather long, brown above, white below. Mamme eight. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about sixteen inches ; tail about 
seven inches. 
Habitat.— Northern Australia. 
References.—Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 234. 
