THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATUEAL HISTOEY. 



[FIFTH SERIES.] 

 No. 114. JUNE 1887. 



LI. — Description of a second Species of Rahhit-Bandicoot 

 (Peragale). By Oldfield Thomas, Natural-IIistoiy 

 Museum. 



Among a small collection of Mammals obtained bj the 

 Natural-History Museum from Mr. J. Beazley, of Adelaide, 

 occurs a specimen clearly representing a new species of the 

 interesting genus Pera^a/e, of which the only hitherto described 

 species was the well-known Rabbit-Bandicoot ( P. lagotis) of 

 "Western and Southern Australia. The exact locality of the 

 specimen has unfortunately not been recorded ; but the other 

 specimens in the collection belong either to North Australian 

 species or to such as may have been obtained in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Adelaide itself. 



The type specimen, happily well preserved in spirit, is a 

 male, young enough to have its milk premolar (m. pm.**) still 

 in position, but yet sliowing, despite its youth, such striking 

 characters as to separate it at once from P. lagotis. 



Peragale leucura^ sp. n. 



Much smaller than P. lagotis. Proportions, lengtlis of ears, 

 feet, and tail, and quality of fur quite as in that species. 

 General colour pale yellowish fawn ; the hairs of the back and 



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