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GEOGEAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 



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Family 78.— ^IYRMECOBIID.E. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



Geneeal Disteieutiox. 



Nfotboptcal , KEARCT7C Faue.arctic I Ethiopian I Oeientax 



SrB-aEGIOSS. SUB-KEGIOSS. 1 BUB-BEGlOKa. SUB-StGIOSS. BCB-EECIONS. 



Australian 



SUB-£EG10XS. 



The only representative of this family is the Myrmccdbius fas- 

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

 animal, found in the South and West of Australia. 



FAmLY 79.— PEEA^IELTD.E. (3 Genera, 10 Species.) 



General DEsTErBUTiox. 



The PeramelidfE, or bandicoots, are small insectivorous IMar- 

 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 Feramcles (8 sp.), has the range 

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

 Am Islands (Plate XL, voL 1 p. 440) ; Peragalm (1 sp.), inha- 

 bits "West Australia only ; and Chaeropus (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 Rn._T\lACnOPODir).E. riO Genera, 56 Species.) 



GeXEEAL DlSTEIEtmO>". 



