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<1887). Sarcopliilus nrsinus, F. Cuv. H.N. Mamm. (fol.), iv., 

 livr., Ixx. (animal) (1837) ; Less., N. Tabl. R.A. Mamm., p. 

 190 (1842); Mayer, D' Alton's Zeitschr. Zool. Pal., i., p. Ibi 

 (1849) (Arnxt.) ; Gould, Mamm. Austr., i., pi. xlviii. (animal) 

 (1851); Gerv., H.N. Mamm., ii., p. 282 (1855); Krefft, Cat. 

 Mammx. Austr. Mus., p. 25 (1864); id.. Notes Faun. Tasm., p. 

 4 (1868); id., Austr. Vert., p. 14 (1871); Cliatin. Bull. Soc. 

 Philom. (6), xii., p. 54 (anatomy of anal glands) (1877) ; Higg. 

 & Pett., P.R. Soc. Tasm., 1883, p. 197. Diobolus ursinus, 

 Gray, Grey's Aiistr., App. ii., p. 400 (1841) ; id., List. Mamm. 

 B.M., p. 97 (1843); Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. B.M., p. 134 

 (1862). Dasyurus (Sarcophihis) ursinus, Waterli., N.H. 

 Mamm., i., p. 448, pi. xxi., fig. 4 (skull) (1846); Vrolik, 

 Tiidschr. Wis. & Natuurk. Wet. Amsterd., iv., p. 153 (1851) 

 (Anat). 



Type specimen unknown. 



This species is confined now to Tasmania, altliougii 

 fossil remains of nearly related species are found on the 

 mainland. It well merits its designation, being exceed- 

 ingly c|uarrelsome. Head and body measure about 30 

 inches. The fur is thick and black, with irregular patches 

 of white, one of which usually forms a, collar under the 

 nock. It is now only met with in the rugged unsettled 

 ■districts. 



Dasyurus maculatus, Kerr. 



Tiger Cat. 



Dasyurus maculatus, Br. As. Ad. Sc. Handbk., p. 51 



(1914); 

 Lucasi & Le Souef, An. Aust., p. 129 



(1909) ; 

 Smith, Nat. Tas., p. 87 (1909); 

 Ogilbv, Cat. Aust. Mamm. p. 17 



(1892); 

 West. Hist. Tas., Vol. I., p. 323 

 (1852). 

 Dasyurus maculatus, Thomas, Cat. M. & M. Brit. Mus., p. 

 263 (1888), who also gives the following synonymy : — 



Spotted Marten, Phillip, Voy. Botany Bay, p. 276, pi. 

 xl\-i. (animal) (1789). Viverra maculata, Kerr, Linn. An. K., 

 p. 170 (1792); Shaw, Gen. Zool., i., pt. ii., p. 433 (1800); 

 Turton, Linn, S.N., i., p. 56 (1806). Musfcela novfe-hollandife. 

 Meyer, Syst. Uebers. Zool. Entd., p. 27 (1793). Dasyurus 

 macrourus, Geoff.. Ann. Mus., iii., p. 358 (1804); Tie'dem., 

 Zool., p. 428 (1808); Peron, Voy. Terres Austr. (2), pi. xxxih. 

 (animal) (1811); Desm., N. Diet. d'H.N. (2), ix., p. ia8 

 (1817) ; G. Cuv., R.A., i., p. 175 (1817) ; Geoff., Diet. Sci. Nat., 

 xii., p. 510 (1818); Desm., Mamm.. i., r». 263 (1820): Desmoul., 

 Diet. Class d'H.N., v., p. 338 (1824); F. Cuv. Dent's Mamm., 

 p. 75, pi. xxiii., B. (teeth) (1825); Gray, Griff. Cuv. An. K., 

 V p. 193 (1827); Less., Man. Mamm., p. 214 (1827); Temm., 

 /™^^'^^™-' i-' P- 69 (1827); Fisch., Syn. Mamm., p. 271 

 (1829); Burm., Lehrb. Naturg., p. 548 (1830); Owen, P.Z.S., 



