THYLACINL'S. 



Genus PERAMELES. 



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Perameles, Geoff. Si. Hil. Bull. Soc. Philom., iii, p. 249 (1803)*. 



Tbylacis, Illiger Prodr., p. 76 {181 1). 



Isoodon, Desmarest N. Diet, d' Hist. Nat., xvi, p. 409 (181 7). 



Perameles obesula. 



Didelphis obesula, Shaw Nat. Miscell., viii, pi. ccxcviii (1793). 

 ferameles obesula, Ei. Geoff. St. Hil. Ann. ifus. Paris, iv, p. 64 (1804) • Gould 

 Mamm.Austr.,"\, pl.xii •,BlythCai.,'p. 182; Thomas Cat . Mars, B. M., p. 211 . 

 Isoodon obesula, Desmarest N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xvi, p. 409 (1817). 



Distribution, — Throughout Australia and Tasmania. 



a. Skin, skull Calcutta Exhibition. 



b. Skin W. Australia ' Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] 

 c-d. 2 Stuffed .,.,.. Melbourne Inst. 1862 



A.S.B. 



e. Stuffed $ Dr. Scone, 1864 



/. Skull New South Wales Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] 



Perameles nasuta. 



Perameles nasuta, Ei. Geoff. St. Hil. Ann. Mus. Paris, iv, p. 62 (1804) ; Gould 

 Mamm, Austr., i, pi. xi ; Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 242. 



Distribution. — Eastern Australia, 

 a. Ale. Brisbane Mus. [Ex.] 



Perameles gunni. 



Perameles gunni, Gray P. Z. S,, p. i (1838) ; Gould Mamm. Austr., i, pi, ix • 

 Blyth Cat., p. 182 ; Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 245. • 



Distribution. — Tasmania and perhaps Victoria. 



a. Skin $ Victoria Dr. Scone. 



b. Stuffed Tasmania Melbourne Inst., 1862, 



A.S.B. 



Perameles bougainvillei. 



Perameles bougainvillei, Quoy.et Gaimard Voy. Uranie Zool., p. 56, Atlas 



pi. V (1824) ; Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 246. 

 Perameles myosuros, Wagner Arehiv f. Natur., vii, pt. i, p. 293 (1841) • 



Gould Mamm. Austr., i, pi. x. 



Distribution . — Western Australia. 



a. Skin Gawler Ranges, S. Austr. Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] 



Genus THYLACINUS. 



Peracyon, Gray Ann. Philos., (2), p. 340 (1825)*. 

 Thylacinus, Temminck Monogr. Mamm., i, p. 60(1827). 



