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Tas. XCVI. PHASCOLOMIS VOMBATUS. 
P. pallidé fulvescente-brunnéus ; naso obscuriore ; ungui- 
bus elongatis. 
Wombach. Bewick, Gen. Hist. of Glladrap. ed. 4, p. 522. 
Habitat in Australasia. 
WOMBAT PHASCOLOMIS. 
Pale fulvescent-brown ; ‘nose darker ; Claws elongated. 
Inhabits New Holland. 
For an account of the anatomical structure of the Wom- 
Lat Phascolomis, see Philosophical Transactions for 1808. 
It is named Wombat, or Wombach, by the natives of 
New South Wales, who kill it for food ; its flesh being 
considered very delicate. 
The usual length of this animal 3 is about two feet, exclu- 
sive of the tail. 
