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EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



have been no recent evidences of its possible survival." (Troughton, 

 1932, p. 188.) 



The range and status of the species are given by Iredale and 

 Troughton (1934, p. 46) as "New South Wales (south coast, possibly 

 extinct)." 



A. S. Le Souef remarks (in Hit., February 15, 1937) : "I think 

 that this species is definitely extinct, though there may be a few 

 in the dense bush near Jervis Bay." He adds that recent search 

 and inquiry failed to reveal any trace of it. 



FIG. 16. Parma Wallaby or Pademelon (Thylogale parma). After Gould. 



Concerning the smaller wallabies in general, Le Souef and Burrell 

 say (1926, p. 195) : "The fur is fine and soft, and great numbers 

 are used for rugs, coats, and trimmings. We have practically no 

 knowledge as to the individual life-histories of this group." 



Flinders Island Wallaby; Flinders Island Pademelon 



THYLOGALE FLINDERSI Jones 



Thylogale flindersi Jones, Mammals South Australia, pt. 2, p. 240, 1924 (cf. 

 Harper, 1940, p. 191). ("Flinders Island, . . . Investigator group, . . . 

 Great Australian Bight.") 



This wallaby is confined to Flinders Island. "The colony was 

 estimated at a hundred or so in 1924, and in view of the presence 

 of rabbits as food destroyers, and cats, extinction seems certain 

 unless special measures are taken. This illustrates the need for 

 unsettled islands as sanctuaries, unless very large." (E. Le G. 

 Troughton, in Hit., April 16, 1937.) 



The general color is grizzled light gray; sides and back of neck 

 and shoulders bright rufous in the male, tawny in the female; a 



