SYNOPSIS OF THE 



This species is the type of the genus Dasyurus, as es- 

 tablished by Illiger. 



497. ^.Dasyurus Tafa (the Tapoa tafa.) Uniformly gray- 

 ish brown, without spots. 



Dasyurus tafa, Geoff. Ann. du Mus. iii. Tapoa Tafa, 

 Var. White, Journal, Viverrine Opossum, Shaw. 



Icon. White, Jour. t. 281. Shaw, Zool. t. 1. jo. 491. 

 pi. Ill, upper figure. 



Inhabits the vicinity of Port Jackson, in New Holland. 



498. 7. Das. Penicillatus (Brush Dasyurus.) Ashy-gray ; 

 the tail with long stiif black hairs teward the end. 



Didelphis penicillatus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. v. 1. 502. 

 Dasyurus penicillatus, Geoff. Ann. du Mus. Phascogale ! 

 penicillata. Tern. Monog. 58. 



Icon. Shaw, Zool. t. I. pi. 3. Schreb. 152. 



Inhabits New Holland. 



499. 8. Das. minimus (the Dwarf Dasyurus.) Uniformly ] 

 ashy-red ; each hair red at the point, dark cinerous at the | 

 base ; thumb of the posterior extremities larger, and the | 

 teeth more regular than in the other species. 



Dasyurus minimus, Geoff. Ann. du Mus. iii. Phascogale j 

 minimus, Tem. Monag. 59. 



Dasyure nain, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 



Icon. 



Inhabits the southern part of Van Diemen's Land. 



Obs. These two species form the Phascogale of M. Tem- 

 minck. 



Genus III. Parameles. 



Cutting-teeth i/ or y* ; the last on each side of the ' 

 upper jaw very long ; of the lower, divided in half by a 



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