ir, POTOROUS. BETTONGIA. x 



Family VI. Ma<TO|MMlidje. Kaii^-ai'<M»*>i. 



Subfamily I. Potoroinse. 



Genus i8. Potoroiis. 



Potorous Desm., Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., xxiv, 1804, p. 20. Type 

 Didelphis! tridactyla Kerr. 

 Hypsiprymmis Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Av., 181 1, p. 79. 



25. Potorous tridactylus (Kerr). 



Didelphis! tridactyla Kerr, Anim. Kingd., 1792, p. 198. 

 Didelphis! potoru Meyer, Syst. Uebers. Zool. Entd. Neu-HolL, 



1793. P- 13- 

 Didelphis! murina Cuv., Tabl. Elem., 1798, p. 126. (nee Linn.) 

 Yerboa potoru Bechst., in Penn. Allgem. Uebers. vierf. Thiere, 



II, 1800, pp. 356, 686. 

 M acr opus minor Sha.w, Gen. Zool., i, Pt. 2, 1800, p. 513, pi. cxvi. 

 Kangurus murinus Tiedem., Zool., 1808, p. 435. 

 H ypsiprymnus potorti Illig., Prods. Syst. Mamm. et Av., 181 1, 



p. 79. 

 Hypsiprymnus peronii Quoy & Gaim., Voy. 'Uranie,' Zool., 1824, 



p. 64. 

 Hypsiprymnus setosus Ogilby, Proe. Zool. Soe., 1831, p. 149. 

 Hypsiprymnus myosurus Ogilby, Proe. Zool. Soe., 1838, p. 62. 

 Perameles tuckeri Gray, Ann. Nat. Hist., v, 1840, p. 150. 

 Hypsiprymmis apicalis Gould, Mamm. Austr., 1851, pi. lxviii. 

 Potorous rufus Higg. & Pett., Proe. Roy. Soe. Tasman., 1883, 



pp. 181, 196. 

 Common Rat Kangaroo. 



1. Adult — P. South Australia. E. Gerrard & Sons. 



2. Adult — P. New South Wales. Ward's Nat. Seien. Establ., 



Rochester, N. Y. 



Genus 19. Bottoiiffia. 



Bettongia Gray, Charlesw. Mag. Nat. Hist., i, 1837, P- 584- Type 

 Hypsiprymnus cuniculus Ogilby. 



26. Bettongia lesueuri (Quoy & Gaimard). 



Hypsiprymnus lesueuri Quoy & Gaim., Voy. 'Uranie,' Zool., 1824, 

 p. 64. 



Hypsiprymnus grayi Gould, Proe. Zool. Soe., 1S40, p. 178. 



