By CLIVE E. LORD. 51'. 



Roy. Soc. Tasm., ii., p. 89 (1852); Gieb., Stiug., p. 399 (1859); 

 Cei-rard, Cat. Bones Mamm. B.M., p. 289 (1862); Krefft, 

 Cat. Mamm. Anstr. Mus., p. 55 (1864) ; Gray, Handl. Eden- 

 tates, p. 31 C1873); Jent., Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus., p. 326 (188/). 

 Echidna breviaculeata, Tiedem., ZooL, i., p. 592 (1808).. 

 Tachyglossus setosus, 111., Prodr. Syst. Mamm., p. 114 (1811) ;. 

 Goldf , Zool.. p. 409 (1820); Glog., Handb. Naturg., i., p. 

 116 (1842); Wagn., Schr. 8aug. Siipp., iv., p. 244 (1844). 

 Echinopns setosus, G. Fiscli, Zoogn., iii., p. 694 (1814). 

 '•Echidna brevicaudata, Tiedem," Gray, P.Z.S., 1865, p. 386. 

 Echidna aculeata setosa, Thcs., P.Z.S., 1885, p. 338, pi. xxiii., 

 figs. C. & D. (skull) & pi. xxiv., figs. A., B., C, and E. (skull 

 and claws). 



Type specimen unknown. 



The "Porcupine," or Hairy Ant-eater, has a scattered 

 range. It is met with all over the island, but nowhere 

 appears to be plentiful. Var. setosa is confined to Tas- 

 mania, but closely allied forms are found in Australia and- 

 New Guinea. The Tasmanian variety can be easily dis- 

 tinguished by its larger size, being about twenty inches 

 long, and by the hair being so long as to almost conceal- 

 the spikes. The male is larger than the female. 



Oenithoehynchus anatinus, Shaw. 



The Platypus. 



Ornithorliynchus anatinus, Lucas & Le S.ouef, An. Aust.,, 



p. 143 (1909); 

 Camb. Nat. Hist. Mamm., p. 



113 (1902); 

 Ogilby, Cat. Aust. Mamm., p. 



2 (1892). 

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

 327 (1852). 

 Ornitliorhynchus paradoxus, Br. As. Ad. Sc. Handbk., p. 

 53 (1914). 



Ovnithorhynchus anatinus, Thomas, Cat. M. & M. Brit. 

 Mus., p. 388 (1888), who gives the following 

 synonymy : — • 



Platypus anatinus, Shaw. Nat. Misc., x., pis. 385 and 

 386 (animal, beak, etc.) (1799); id.. Gen. Zool., i., pt. i., p. 

 229, pis. 66 and 67 (animal, etc.) (1800); Turt., Linn. S.N., 

 1., p. 30 (1806); Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. B.M., p. 288' 

 (1862); Gray. P.Z.S., 1865, p. 385; id., Handl. Edentates, p. 

 29 (1873). Ornithorliynchus paradoxus, Blummenb., Voight'sr. 

 Mag. Naturk., ii., p. 205 (1800); Home, Phil. Trans., 1800, 

 p. 432, pis. xviii. and xix. (beak, skull, etc.); id., op cit., 

 1802, p. 67, pis. ii.-iy. (anat) • Calkoen, Nat. Verb. Bat., 

 Maatsch-Wet. ii., pt. i., p. 177 (1803) ; Desm. N. Dirt d'H N. 

 (1), xxiv., Tabl. Meth., p. 27 (1804); Blumenb.. Abbild. Nat. 

 Gegenst., No. 41 (animal) (1810); G. Fisch, Zoogp., iii., p. 

 689 (1814); G. Cuv. R.A., i., p. 227 (1817); F. Cuv. Dent's- 



