DASYURUS GEOFFROYI. 133 



Length from tlie tip of the nose to the root of the 

 tail, about 16 inches; tail, 12 inches, the long hairs 

 at the tip extending about 1^ inches beyond; nose 

 to ear, 2 inches 7 lines ; ear, about 1 inch ; tarsus, 2 

 inches 2 lines, without the claws. 



The above description is taken from a male speci- 

 men lent me for the purpose by Mr. Gould, who 

 procured it at Liverpool Plains, New South Wales. 

 A female, also lent me by Mr. Gould, was rather 

 smaller, and its colouring less rich. It appeared to 

 be adult, and to have had young ; the teats being very 

 large — there are six of them. 



This species, in its colouring and size, is inter- 

 mediate between the Dasyurus macrourus and the 

 Z). Mangel, From the latter it is readily distinguished 

 by its possessing a small thumb to the hind-foot, and 

 from D. macrourus by its less robust form and the 

 want of white spots on its tail ; its colouring more- 

 over is less deep, (not so rich a brown), and the spots 

 on the body are more numerous. 



MAUGE'S DASYURUS. 



Dasyurus MaiujeL 



Plate VIL 



Dasyurus Maugei, Geof. Ann. du Mus. iii., 359. 



'Description. — Size about equal to that of the 

 rabbit. Fur long and loose, soft, and slightly wool- 

 ly; general tint yellow-grey, on the back slightly 



