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id., Austr. Vert., p. 10 (1871) ; Higg. & Pett., P.R. Soc. Tasm., 

 18b3, p. 196; Bclat., List An. Zool. Soc. (b), p. 205 (18H3) ; 

 Jent., Cat. Ost. Levd. Mus.. p. .320 (1887). Halmaturus 

 rufiventer, Less., N. Tabl. R.A. Mamm., p. 194 (1842); Wagii., 

 Schr. Sang. Supp., iii., p. 120 (1843). Halmaturus bracliy- 

 tai-sus, Wagn., 8clir. Siiug. Supp., iii., p. 121 (1843). Macropus 

 (Halmaturus) billardieri, Waterh., N.H., Mamm., i., p. 159, pi. 

 v., fig. 11 (incisors) (1846)^; Gunu, P.R. Soc. Tasm., ii., p. 

 87 (1852). Halmaturus brachyurus, Owen, Phil. Trans., 1874, 

 p. 787, pi. Ixxvii., fig. 1 (lower view of skull) (nee Quoy & 

 Gaim.). 



Type speicimen in Paris Museum. 



An inhabitant of the scrub, this species is stout in 

 build. The fur is soffc and thick, that of the body being 

 greyish-brown. The under surface is tinged with rufous. 

 Head and body measure about twenty-seven inches and the 

 tail fifteen inches long. Owing to the advance of settle- 

 ment this species is gradual!}^ becoming rarer. 



Bettongia cuniculus, Ogil. 

 Tasmanian Bettong. 



Bettongia cuniculus, Br. As. Ad. Sc. Handbk., p. 49 (1914); 

 Lucas & Le Souef, An. Aust., p. 66 



(1909) ; 

 Smith, Nat. Tas., p. 85 (1909); 

 Ogilby, Cat. Aust. Mamm., p. 41 

 (1892). 

 HypsiiJrymnus cuniculus, West's Hist. Tas. Vol. I., p. 325 



(1852). 

 Bettongia cuniculus, Thomas, Cat. M. & M. Brit. Mus., p. 

 106 (1888), who gives the following synonymy: — 



Bettongia setosa, Gray, Charksw. Mag. N.H., i., p. 584 

 (1837) (nee Ogilb.) ; id.. Grey's Aust., App. ii., p. 403 (1841); 

 id.. List Mamm. B.M., p. 93 (1843^. Hypsiprymnus cuniculus, 

 Ogilb., P.Z.S., 1838, p. 63; Waterh., Cat. Manim. Mus. Zool. 

 Soc, p. 65 (1838); id., Jard. Nat. Libr., Mamm., xi., p. 186 

 (1841); Wagn. Schr. Saus. Supp.. iii., p. 101 (1843), v., p. 291 

 (1855); Schinz, Syn. Mamm., i., p. 543 (1844); Gieb., 

 Odontogr., p. 43, pi. xix., fig. 13 (teeth) (1855) ; id., Sana:., p. 

 687 (1859); id., Bronn's Kl. U. Ordn. vi.," Abth. v., pi. xlyii., 

 fig. 24 (teeth) (1876). Bettongia cuniculus, Gould, Men. 

 Macrop., pi. xxix. (animal) (1842); id.. Mamm. Aust., ii., pi. 

 Ixiii. (animal) (1854) ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. B.M., p. 

 128 (1862) ; Krefft, Cat. Mamm. Austr. Mus., p. 47 (1864) ; id., 

 notes Faun. Tasm., p. 4 (1868); id., Mamm. Austr. text to pi. 

 xi., p. 5 (1871); Higg. & Pett., P.R. Soo. Tasm., 1883, p. 196; 

 Jent., Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus., \y. 325 (1887). Hypsiprymnus 

 (Bettongia) cuniculus, Waterh., N.H. Mamm., i., p. 200 (1846)- 

 Gunn, P.R. Soc. Tasm., ii., p. 86 (1852). 



Type specimen in the British Museum. 

 The remarkable distinction of the Bettong is its more 

 or less prehensile tail. It is the only terrestrial animal 



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