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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



[part IV. 



Family 78.— MYRMECOBILDiE. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 

 General Distribution. 



Neotropical 

 Scb-reqions. 



Nearctic 

 Sub-regions. 



pal.earctic 

 Sub-regions. 



Ethiopian I Oriental 

 Sub-regions. Sub-regions. 



Australian 

 Sub-regions. 



The only representative of this family is the Myrmecdbius fas- 

 ciatus, or native ant-eater, a small bushy-tailed squirrel-like 

 animal, found in the South and West of Australia. 



Family 79.— PEEAMELID^. (3 Genera, 10 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



The Peramelidse, or bandicoots, are small insectivorous Mar- 

 supials, having something of the form of the kangaroos. They 

 range over the whole of Australia and Tasmania, as well as the 

 Papuan Islands. The genus Perameles (8 sp.), has the range 

 of the family, one species being found in New Guinea and the 

 Aru Islands (Plate XL, vol. i. p. 440) ; Peragalca (1 sp.), inha- 

 bits West Australia only ; and Choeropus (1 sp.), a beautiful little 

 animal with something of the appearance of a mouse-deer, is 

 found in both South, East, and West Australia. 



Family 80.— MACROPODIDvE. (10 Genera, 56 Species.) 



General Distribution. 



