CONTENTS 



PAGE 



FOREWORD v 



INTRODUCTION 



Origin, plan, methods 1 



Acknowledgments 7 



Factors in the progressive depletion of the Old World's mammalian 



faunas 8 



Australia 9 



Malay Archipelago 10 



Asia 11 



Europe 13 



Africa 15 



Madagascar 16 



The chronology of extinction 17 



The record of extinction by families 21 



Summary and conclusions 22 



ACCOUNTS OF EXTINCT, VANISHING, OR THREATENED 



MAMMALS 



Order MARSUPIALIA : Marsupials 25 



Family Dasyuridae : Dasyures, etc 25 



Genus Antechinus : Broad-footed Marsupial Mice 25 



Genus Phascogale: Brush-tailed Marsupial Rats 26 



Genus Sminthopsis : Sminthopses 29 



Genus Dasyurus : Native Cats 32 



Genus Sarcophilus : Tasmanian Devil 38 



Genus Thylacinus : Tasmanian Wolf 40 



Family Myrmecobiidae : Marsupial Anteaters 43 



Genus Myrmecobius : Numbats 43 



Family Peramelidae : Bandicoots 47 



Genus Perameles. Bandicoots 47 



Genus Macrotis: Rabbit-bandicoots or Bilbies 51 



Genus Chaeropus : Pig-footed Bandicoots 58 



Family Phalangeridae : Phalangers, etc 60 



Genus Tarsipes : Honey Possum 60 



Genus Gymnobelideus : Leadbeater's Opossum 61 



Genus Pseudocheirus : Ringtails 63 



Family Phascolarctidae : Koalas 64 



Genus Phascolarctos : Koalas 64 



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