128 THE DASYURES. 



" On dissecting this quadruped, nothing particular 

 was observed in the formation of its viscera, &c. 

 differing from others of its genus. (Mr. Harris con- 

 siders it a Didelphys^ The stomach contained the 

 partly digested remains of a porcupine ant-eater/' 

 Echidna hystrix. 



Mr. Gunn* observes that the Thylacinus is com- 

 mon in the more remote parts of the colony, and is 

 often caught at Woolnorth and Hampshire hills. It 

 usually attacks sheep in the night, but is also seen 

 during the day time ; upon which occasions, perhaps 

 from its imperfect vision by day, its pace is very 

 slow. 



URSINE DASYURUS. 



Dasyurus ursinus. 



Dasyurus ursinus, Genff. Ann. du Mus. torn. xv. p. 305. 

 Didelphys ursina, jf/arns, Linneean Trans, vol. ix., p. 176, PI. 

 19. 



Description^ — Form very stout ; head very large, 

 short ; ears broad and moderately long ; fur mode- 

 rately long, harsh, and of a black colour ; a broad 

 white band crosses the chest and runs backwards 

 over the base of the fore-legs ; a second broad white 

 band crosses the haunches ; chest brownish ; the 

 fur both on the upper and under parts of the body 

 brown next the skin : tail very thick, furnished with 



* See Annals of Natural History for 1838, vol. i., p. 101. 



