bASYtfRUS GEOFFROYI. 133 



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

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

 at the tip extending about l 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 

 D. Maugei. 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. 



MAUDE'S DASYURUS. 



Dasyurus Maugei. 



PLATE VII. 

 Dasyurus Maugei, Geoff. 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 



