118 MACKOPOBIDiE. 



(1800) ; Fisch. Syn. Mamm. p. 280 (1829) ; G. Cuv. Anat. Comp. 



ii. pis. 180-182 (myology) (1849); Schkff. Dierent. p. 171 (1872). 

 Potorous murinus, Desm. N. Diet. d'H. N. (1) xxiv. Tabl. M4th. 



p. 20 (1804) ; id. op. cit. (2) xxviii. p. 80 (1819) ; id. Mamm. i. 



p. 271 (1820) ; F. Cuv. Diet. Sci. Nat. xliii. p. 155 (1826) ; Gray, 



Griff. Cue. An. K. v. p. 201 (1827) ; Higg. Sf Pett. P. Bx>y. Soc. 



Tasm. 1883, p. 196. 

 Kangunis muriniia, Tiedem. Zool. p. 435 (1808). 

 Ilypsiprymnus potoru, III. Prodr. 8yst. Mamm. p. 79 (1811). 

 Kanguru potoroo, G. Fisch. Zoogn. iii. p. 20 (1814). 

 Ilyp-siprymnus minor, G. Cuv. P. A. i. p. 181 (1817); F. Cuv. 



Bents Mamm. p. 133, pi. xlii. (teeth) (1825) ; Gray, Charlesw. 



Mag. N. II. i. p. 584 (1837) ; id Grey's Austr., App. p. 403 (1841) ; 



id. List Mamm. B. M. p. 94 (1843) ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. 



B. M. p. 130 (1862). 

 Hypsiprymnus murinus, Goldf. HanM. Zool. p. 447 (1820) ; Schinz, 



Cuv. Thien: i. p 262 (1821) ; Pand. 8r B'Alt. Vergl. Osteal. Beutelth. 



pi. iii. (skeleton and skull) (1828) ; Burm. Lehrb. Naturg. p. 548 



(1830) ; Ogilb. P. Z. S. 1838, p. 63 ; Watei-h. Jard. Nat. Libr., 



Mamm. xi. p. 175 (1841) ; Less. N. Tabl. P. A., Mamm. p. 193 



(1842) ; Wagn. Schr. Sdug. Supp. iii. p. 101 (1843), v. p. 297 



(1855) ; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 539 (1844) ; Desm. Diet. Univ. 



d'H. N. X. p. 448 (1849); Gould, Mamm. Austr. ii. pi. Ixvii. 



(animal) (1854) ; Gieb. Siiug. p. 689 (1859) ; Krefft, Cat.' Mamm. 



Austr. Mus. p. 44 (1864) ; id. Mamm. Austr. text to pi. xi. p. 5 



(1871); Garrod, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 58; Schmidt, P. Z. S. 1880, 



p. 305 ; Brehm, Thierl. ii. p. 598, fig. (animal) (1880) ; Flow. Sf 



Gars. Cat. Ost. Coll. Surg. ii. p. 725 (1884) ; Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. 



ikfMs. p. 324 (1887). 

 Ilypsiprymnus peronii. Quay 8f Gaim. Voy. XJranie, Zool. p. 64 (1824) ; 



Less. Man. Mamm. p. 223 (1827) ; Desm. Diet. Univ. ail. N. x. 



p. 449(1849). ' 

 Macropus peronii, Fisch. Syn. Mamm. p. 281 (1829). 

 Hypsiprymnus setosus, Ogilb. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 149 ; Less. H. N. 



Mamm. (Compl. Buff.) v. p. 375 (1836) ; TVaterh. Cat. Mamm. 



Mus. Z. S. p. 65 (1838) ; Wagn. Schr. Sdug. Supp. iii. p. 99 (1843) ; 



Gulliver, P. Z. S. 1844, p. 9 ; 1875, p. 494, pi. Iv. fig. 51 (blood- 

 corpuscle) ; Desm. Diet. Univ. d'H. N. x. p. 449 (1849). 

 Hypsiprymnus myosurus, Ogilb. P. Z. S. 1838, p. 62 ; Waterh. Cat. 



Mamm. Mus. Z. S. p. 65 (1838) ; Wagn. Schr. Sdug. Supp. iii. 



p. 99 (1843). 

 Perameles tuckeri, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. v. p. 150 (1840) ; Wagn. 



Schr. Sdug. Supp. iii. p. 62 (1843) ; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 518 



(1844). 

 Hypsiprymnus (Potorous) murinus, Waterh. N. H. Mamm. i. p. 224, 



pi. viii. figs. 2, 3 (skull) (1846) ; Gunn, P. R. Soc. Tasm. ii. p. 86 



(1862). 

 IlypsiprymnuB apicalis, Gould, Mamm. Austr. pi. Ix-viii. (animal) 



(1851) ; Kreft, Notes Faun. Tasm. p. 4 (1868) ; id. Mamm. Austr. 



text to pi. xi. p. 5 (1871). 

 Potorous rufus, Higg. ^ Pett. P. Hoy. Soc. Tasm. 1883, pp. 181, 196. , 

 Common Eat-Kaicgaeod. 



Size variable, generally large. Naked part of rhinarium (PL XI. 

 flg. 13) running back along the top of the muzzle for about half an 

 inch, ending posteriorly in a blunt point. Fur long, coarse and 



