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L. fasciatus ; from AVest Australia. 

 L. leichardti ; from West Australia. 

 L. conspicillatus ; from N. W. Australia. 

 L. hirsutus ; from West Australia. 



Bettongia rufescens : the Rat Kangaroo, so called from its 

 small size. This species is found in N. S. W. 



B. o.ijilbii ; from West Australia. 



B. peuicillata ; from N. S. W. 



B. cuniculus ; from Tasmania. 



B. grayi ; from AVest Australia, and N. S. W. 



B, campestris ; from South Australia. 



Hypsiprymnus murinus ; a pretty little animal with long 

 dark fur found in N. S. W. 



H. apicalis ; also found in IS". S. W. 



H. platyojis I 



-both from West Australia. 

 H. gilberti I 



FAMILY 2.— PLEIOPODIDx^ — There is only one genus 

 known as yet in this family ; it is a little animal, in all respects 

 like the smaller kangaroos except in the toes, of which it has five 

 fully developed. It has been described and named by Dr. 

 Ramsay, 



Hypsiprymnodon moschatus ; from specimens found at 

 Rockingham Bay, Queensland. It is regarded by Prof. 

 Owen as forming the type, not merely of a new genus, 

 but of a new family. 



FAMILY 3.— PERAMELID.^ or Bandicoots.— The animals 

 comprising this family in outward appearance resemble rabbits or 

 small kangaroos, but in the fore feet some of the toes are rudi- 

 mentary while the hind feet are like the kangaroo's. They have 

 six incisor teeth in tlie lower jaw, whereas the kangaroos have 



