PERAMELES NASUTA. 155 



The fifth incisor^, on either side, of upper jaw is 

 removed from the fourth by almost half its own dia- 

 meter. The canines are large. 



Habitat, Swan River. 



LONG-NOSED PERAMELES. 



Perameles nasuta. 



Plate XIIL 



Perameles nasuta, Geojf. Ann. du Museum, iv., p. G2, PI. 44. 



Muzzle attenuated ; head long ; ears moderate, 

 pointed ; tail short ; general hue of upper parts of 

 head and body_, brown, pencilled with black ; of 

 sides of body, pale brown, with a slight vinous tint ; 

 edge of upper lip, chin, throat, and the whole under 

 parts of body, white ; the fore-legs and feet, and 

 the tarsi are also white. The fur is very harsh to 

 the touch ; the under fur on the upper parts of the 

 body is of a palish ash-colour ; all the longer harsh 

 hairs are of the same colour at the base ; the longer 

 of these are black externally, and the remainder are 

 of a palish vinous brown at the apex ; on the sides 

 of the body the last mentioned tint prevails, owing 

 to there being scarcely any of the black hairs ; the 

 hairs on the belly are white to the root. The minute 



ately after death. Length from nose to root of tail, 1 6 inches 

 4 lines ; tail, 9 inches 7 lines ; from tip of the nose to the 

 e3'e, 2 inches 6 lines ; from the tip of the nose to the base of 

 the ear, 5 inches 2 lines ; ear, 4 inches ; breadth of do., 2 

 inches ; length of hind-feet, without the claws, 4 inches 1 line. 



