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Habitat of young specimen — Mount Cameron, from Mr. 

 Bell. Habitat of adult specimen — Springfield, from Mr. R. 

 Dyer. 



LIST OF THE TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS OV TASMANIA. 



MONOTREMATA. 



Ornithorhyncus anatinus ("Platypus"), found also in Victoria, 

 Queensland, and New South Wales, described by Shaw, Nat. 

 Misc., 1799. 



Echidna setosa ("Porcupine"), confined to Tasmania. Cuvier, 

 Regne Animal, 1817. 



Maesupialia, or Pouched Animals. 



Macropus major (" Forester"), found also in New South Wales, 

 Southern and Western Australia. Schreber, Saugeth, 1778. 



Halmaturus Bennettii ("P)rush Kangaroo"), confined to Tas- 

 mania. Waterhouse, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1837. 



Halmaturus Billardieri ("Wallaby"), confined to Tasmania, and 

 some of the islands in Bass's Straits. Desmarest, Mam- 

 malogia. 



Bettongia cuniculus ("Jerboa Kangaroo"), Tasmania. Ogilby, 

 Pro. Zool. Soc, 1838. 



Potorous murinus (" Potoroo"), found in Tasmania and New 

 South Wales. White's Journal, 1790. 



Potorous rufus (*' Red Kangaroo Rat"), Tasmania. Higgins and 

 Petterd, Tr. Roy. Soc, Tasmania, 1883. 



Phascolomys Wombat (" Wombat"), common in New South 

 Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, and islands in Bass's 

 Straits. Peron et Lesueur, Voyage aux terres Australes, 

 1790. 



Phalangista vulpina (" Opossum "), inhabits Tasmania, New 

 South Wales, Southern and Western Australia. Shaw, 

 General Zoology, 1800. 



Phalangista Cookii ("Ringtailed Opossum"), found in Tas- 

 mania, New South Wales, and Southern Australia. Des- 

 marest, Nouv. Diet, d' Hist. Nat., 1817. 



Dromicia nana (" The Opossum Mouse"), Tasmania. Desmarest, 

 Nouv. Diet, d' Hist. Nat., 1817. 



Belideus sciurus (" The Flying Squirrel"), introduced from New 

 South Wales and Victoria. Shaw, Zool. of New Holland, 1794. 



Perameles obesula ("The Bandicoot"), inhabits Tasmania, New 

 South Wales, Southern and Western Australia. Shaw^ 

 Naturalists' Miscellany, 1799. 



Perameles Gunnii (" Striped Bandicoot "), confined to Tasmania. 

 Gray, Proc Zool. Society, 1838. 



Antechinus Swainsonii. Waterhouse, ^lag. Nat. Hist., 1840. 



Antechinus minima. Geofi*roy, Annales du Museum. 



Antechinus albipes, inhabits Tasmania (?), New South Wales, and 

 Southern Australia. Waterhouse, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1842. 



Antechinus leucopus. Gray, An. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1842. 



