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the structure of the pads on its feet, this species is probably 
largely terrestrial in its habits. 
V. NORTH AUSTRALIAN DASYURE. DASYURUS HALLUCATUS. 
Dasyurus hallucatus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1842, p. 41; 
Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 269 (1888). 
Characters.—Size small, not more than half the bulk of D. 
viverrinus ; form slender; fur short and coarse. General 
colour yellowish-brown, spotted with white; under-parts pale 
grey or yellow. Ears large, thinly clothed with fine yellow hairs. 
Hind foot with the first toe (hallux) ; soles of feet with smooth, 
well-defined, and transversely striated pads. Tail long, rather 
short-haired, at the base coloured like the body, but unspotted, 
elsewhere black. Eight teats. Length of head and body 
about 11 inches; of tail 8 inches. 
Distribution.—Tropical Australia. 
This species, which derives its name from the presence of 
the first toe or hallux in the hind foot, differs from the two 
preceding ones, and thereby resembles the next, in its distinct 
transversely striated foot-pads, which may be taken as an 
indication of its arboreal habits. In its small size, slender 
build, and the structure of the hind feet, it makes a certain 
approach to the members of the next genus, although in other 
respects it agrees with the typical Dasyures. The near relation- 
ship of this species to the next affords another instance of the 
affinity between the fauna of North Australia and New 
Guinea. 
VI. PAPUAN DASYURE. DASYURUS ALBOPUNCTATUS. 
Dasyurus albopunctatus, Schlegel, Notes Leyden, Mus., vol. ii, 
p. 51 (1880); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 271 
(1888). 
