08 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



The Dasyurus of MaugL 



Olive-coloured, spotted with white, but with- 

 out spots on the tail. Somewhat less than the 

 preceding. 



The Dasyurus of White, {Did. Viverrina, Shaw,) Gen. ZooL 

 CXI. White Bot. b. App. 285. 



Black, spotted with white, without spots on 

 the tail. One-third less than the preceding. 



The Tapod-Tafa, White, Bot. b. App. 281. 



Uniformly grayish. 



The Pencilled or Brush-tailed Dasyurus, {Did. penicillata, 

 Shaio) Gen. Zool. I. II.pl. cxni. 



Gray, the tail covered with black and rough 

 hairs. 



The Dwarf Dasyurus. 



Less than a rat, of an ashy- red. The thumb 

 longer, and the teeth more equal and more 

 contiguous than in the preceding species. 

 Inhabits the South of Van Diemen's Land. 



T/^Perameles, (Perameles, Geoff.) Phylacis, Illig. 



Have the hinder thumb equally short with the Da- 

 syuri, and the two succeeding toes are united toge- 

 ther by a skin as far as the nails. The great and 

 small toe of the fore-feet have the form of simple 



