List of the Mammats indigenous to Tasmania. 83 
Isoodon obesula, DESMAREST, Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. 
xvi. p. 409. 
Perameles fusciventer, GRAY, in appendix to Grey’s 
travels in N. W. Australia, 11. p. 407. 
— affinis, Gray, List of the Mammalia in Brit. 
Mus. 1843, p. 96. 
Common “ Bandicoot” of the Colonists. ' 
16. Perameles Gunnii, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838, p. 1. 
Ann. Nat. Hist. 1838, 1. p. 108; Warreru. Nat. Lib. 
(Marsupialia) p. 156, pl. 15. 
Gunn's “ Bandicoot.” 
It has sometimes been doubted whether the Perameles fed 
upon roots. For several years past my garden at Laun- 
ceston has suffered severely from the attacks of P. Gunnit. 
Two beds of [via maculata, var. viridis, were entirely eaten, 
so as to eradicate the species from my garden. Some other 
Ixie and Babiane were aiterwards attacked; but many 
genera of Cape bulbs close to them were left untouched. 
The Crocus seems an especial favourite, as wherever they 
occurred they were diligently sought out, rooted up, and 
eaten, and that too at a season when no leaves appeared 
above ground to indicate their position. Tulips seem 
to be less relished, although they are occasionally eaten. 
In the bush I lately discovered a new species of tuberous 
fungus, partly eaten, at the bottom of a hole about nine inches 
deep, which I believe had been the work of a Bandicoot. My 
impression is, that the Bandicoots live a good deal, if not 
principally, upon roots and fungi. 
17. Phalangista fuliginosa, OciLBy, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
Sept. 1831, p. 135. 
Cuviert, (GRAY), WATERHOUSE, Nat. Lib. 
(Marsupialia), xi. p. 268. 
Jelina, WAGNER. 
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