52 NOTES ON THE MAMMALS OF TASMANIA. 



Mamm, p. 202, pi. Isxiii. (horny plates) (1825) ; E. Geoff., 

 Ann. Sci. Nat., ix., p. 451 (1826); id., Meckel's Arch. f. Nat., 

 X., p. 14 (1827); Gray, Griff, Guv. An. K., iii., p. 265 (1827); 

 Less., Man. Mamm., p. 319 (1827); J. B. Fisch, Syn. Mamm., 

 p 402 (1829); Wagl., Syst. Amnh Sang., p. 59 (1830) ; Maule, 



P.Z.vS., 1832, p. 145 (habits); Benn., P.Z.S., 1834, p. 141; id., 



Tr. Z.S., i., p. 229, pi. xxxiv. (animal) (1834) (habits) ; Kaup., 

 Thierr., i., p. 251 (1835) ; Less.. H.N. Mamm. (Compl. BnlL), 

 v., p. 386, pi. liii. (a.iiimal) (1836); Waterh.. Cat. Mamm. 

 Mus. Z.S., p. 68 (1838); id., Jard., Nat. Libr., Mamm., xi., 

 p. 309, pi. xxxiv. (animal) (1841) ; Glog., Handbk. Naturg., 

 i., p. 115 (1842) ; Less., N. Tabl. R.A. Mamm., p. 196 (1842) ; 

 AVagn., Schr. Sang. Supp., iv., p. 262 (1844); Gieb., Odontogr., 

 p 62, pi. XXV., figs. 4 & 8 (dental plates) (1855); id.. Sang., 

 p. 392 (1859); G. F. Benn., P.Z.S., 1877, p. 161 (habits); 

 Armit., J. Linn. See, xiv., p. 413 (1878). Dermipns anatinus, 

 Wiedem., Arch. ZooL, i., pt. i., p. 180, pi. iii. (animal) (1800). 



Ornithorhynchus rufns et fuscns. Per. & Les., Yoy. 'ierres 



Austr., Atl., pi. xxxiv. (animal) (1807); Tiedem., ZooL, p. 589 



(1808); 111., Prodr. Syst. Mamm., p. 115 (1811); Leach, 

 Nat. Misc., ii., p. 136, pi. cxi. (animal) (1815) ; Desm., N. 

 Diet. d'H.N., xsiv., p. 131 (1818); Goldf., Handbk. ZooL, p. 



408 (1820); Schinz. Cnv, Thierr., i., pp. 340 & 341 (1821); 



Desm. Mamm., ii., p. 380 (1822); Van Der Hoeven, N. Act. 

 Acad. Leop., xi., p. 361, pi. xlvi. (animal, beak, etc.) (1823); 

 F. Ouv., Diet. Sci. Nat., xxxvi., p. 443 (1825) ; Giay, Griff. 



Cuv. An. K., pp. 284 & 285; Schinz, Syn. Mamm., ii.V p. 327 

 (1845). Ornithorhynchus brevirostris, Ogilb., P.Z.S. 1831, p. 

 150; Schinz. Syn. Mamm., ii., p. 327 (1845). Ornithorhynchus 



crispus et_ Inevis, Macgillivray, Mem. Wern. Soc, vi., pp. 128 

 & 132 (1B32). Ornithorhynchus anatinus. Gray, List Mamm. 



B.M., p. 191 (1843) ; Waterh., N.H., Mamm.," i., p. 25, pi. 

 i., figs. 1-6 (beak, feet, etc.); Gunn, P. Roy. Soc. Tasm., ii-, 



p. 89 (1852); Gould, Mamm. Austr., i., pi. i. (animal) (1855); 



Bennett, P.Z.S. , 1859, p. 213, pi. Ixxi. (beak) ; Krefft, Cat. 

 Mamm. Austr. Mus., p. 56 (1864); id.. Vert. Lo^ver Murray, 



p. 22 (1865); id., Mamm. Austr., pi. xv. (animal) (1871); 

 Flow. & Gars., Cat. Ost. Coll. Surg., ii., p. 753 (1884); Jent., 

 Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus., p. 325 (1887); Coll., ZooL Jahrb., ii., 



p. 940 (1887). 



Type in British Museum. 



The Platypus is still to be met with in the distant 

 lakes and streams, but it is gradtially becoming rarer, 

 owing to the inroads of "trappers" and others. The male, 

 which is much larger than the female, measures over head 

 a.nd body about eighteen inches. The fur is amber 

 coloured above, and greyish white below, and is very short 

 and "velvety." The Platypus also occurs in Eastern and 

 South-Eastern Australia. 



