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Kangaroo Family. 



Halmatm'us hennettii Bennett's Kangaroo. 



Halmaturus hillardieri Tasmanian Wallaby. 



Macropus major Great or Common Kangaroo. 



Bettongia cuniculus Tasmanian Bettong 



Sypsiprymnus apicalis Tasmanian Rat- Kangaroo. 



Bandicoot Family. 



Ferameles gunnii Gunn's Perameles. 



Perameles ohesula 



Phalanger Family. 



Fhalatigista fuliginosa Black or Sooty Opossum. 



Phalangista vulpina Common Opossum. 



Phalangista viverrina Ring- tail Opossum. 



Dromicia gliriformis Thick- tailed Dromicia. 



Dasyure Family. 



Antechinus swainsonii Swainson's Antechinus. 



Dasyurus viverrinus Common Dasyure or Native-Cat, 



Dasyurus maculatus Spotted-tailed Dasyure or Tiger-Cat. 



Sarcophilus ursinus Tasmanian Devil, "I (fossil in N.S. 



Thylaciniis cynocephalus . . . Tasmanian Tiger, J Wales.) 



Section II. — Monotremata. 



Ornithorhyiichus anatinus... Duck-billed Platypus. 



Echidiut setosa Hairy Echidna. 



A second species of Thylacine recently obtained by Mr. Mas- 

 ters, and which I have described in the Proceedings of the 

 Zoological Society ^of London as Thylacinus hreviceps, must be 

 added to this list. 



This is a smaller animal with a shorter head, and much 

 larger teeth than the T. cynocephalus, and was well known to 

 many of the old residents of Van Diemen's Land who distin- 

 guished the two kinds, so Mr. Masters assures me, by the 

 popularnames of Grey- hound and Bull-dog Tigers. 



Peculiar to the island are the following mammals : — 



The Tasmanian Wombat. 



Bennett's Kangaroo. 



The Tasmanian Rat Kangaroo 



Gunn's Bandicoot. 



The Sooty Phalanger. 



Thick-tailed Dromicia. 



The Tasmanian " Devil" 



The Two " Tigers" ; and 



The^Hairy^Echidna or Porcupine Anteater. 



With the exception of the " Devil " and " Tigers" all have 

 closely allied representatives on the mainland. 



