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Forty-two species of Terrestrial Mammalia are recorded as 

 inhabiting Tasmania, of which the following twenty-six 

 are peculiar to the island :— 



MONOTREMATA. 



Echidna setosa. 



Maesupialia. 



Halmaturus Bennettii Antechinus Rolandensis 



Halmaturus Billardieri „ leucogenys 



Bettongia cuniculus „ Niger 



Potorous rufus „ concinnus 



Dromicia nana „ Moorei 



Perameles Gunnii „ Moorei, var. assimilis 



Antechinus Swainsonii Sarcophilus ursinus 



„ minima Thylacinus cynocephalus. 



„ leucopus 



RODENTIA. 



Mus velutinus Mus pachyrus 



Mus variabilis Mus tetragonurus 



Mus Simsoni Mastacomys fuscus 



Mus castaneus Hapalotis leucopus. 



