154 PERAMELID^. 



the rump : soft long hair_, coloured like that of the 

 body extends about 1^ inches on the base of the 

 tail ; beyond this, about 3^ inches of the tail is 

 covered with black and somewhat harsh hairs ; on the 

 under side of the tail they are scarcely half an inch in 

 length, but on the upper side, they are most of them 

 upwards of 1 inch in length ; the remaining portion 

 of the tail is covered with white hairs; these increase 

 in length, on the upper side, to the tip, where they 

 are about 2 inches in length; on the under side they 

 are short, and decrease in length towards the apex 

 of the tail, the extreme point of which is naked. 

 The moustaches are moderately long and of a black 

 colour. The ears are shaped much like those of a 

 Rabbit, (^Lepus cimiculus,) but are rather more 

 pointed, — they are almost naked, of a pale colour; 

 the margins are fringed with whitish hairs ; exter- 

 nally, on the fore part they are covered with minute 

 brown hairs ; these hairs do not extend, however, on 

 to the apical portion of the ear. The claws of the 

 fore-feet are very large. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 18 inches; length 

 of tail, (not including the hair,) 9^ inches; from 

 tip of nose to ear, 4^ inches; length of ear, 3^ inches; 

 width of ear at the base, 2 inches 1 line ; length of 

 tarsus, (claws not included,) 1 inch TOJ lines; 

 length of skull, 4 inches; width, 1 inch 3 lines; 

 length of palate, 2 inches 5 lines.* 



* A specimen which had lived in the Menagerie of the Zoo- 

 logical Society, furnished the following dimensions immedi- 



