2: PBEAMELES. 243 



Mamm. i. p. 374 (1846) ; Desm. Diet. Univ. d'M. N. ix. p. 578 



(1849) ; Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pi. xi. (animal) (1855) ; SeMeg. 



Bierk. p. 138 (1867) ; Gieb. 8dug. p. 721 (1869) ; Qerrard, 



Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 132 (1862); Erefft, Cat. Mamm. 



Austr. Mus. p. 83 (1864) ; id. Austr. Vert. p. 13 (1871) ; Schleg. 



JDierent. p. 164 (1872) ; Brehm, Thierl. ii. p. 666 (1880) ;. Bobs. 



J. Anat. Phys. xvii. p. 162 (anat. foot) (1882) ; Povlton, P. Z. S. 



1883, p. 599 (anat. tongue) ; id. Q. J. Mier. Sci. xxxiii. p. 69, 



pi. i. (1883) (anat. tongue) ; Flow. Sf Gars. Cat. Ost. CoU. iSurg. ii. 



p. 738 (1884) ; Lyd. Cat. Foss. Mamm. B. M. v. p. 265 (1887) ; 



Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. p. 306 (1887) : CoU. Zool. Jahrh. ii. 



p. 874(1887). 

 Thylacis nasuta, III. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. p. 76 (1811). 

 Perameles lawsoni. Quay 8r Gaim. Voy. Uranie, pp. 67 & 711 (1824) ; 



iid. Ann. Sci. Nat. v. p. 489 (1826) ; Fisch. Syh. Mamm. p. 274 



(1829) ; Less. JST. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 191 (1842) ; ScUnz, Syn. 



Mamm. i. p. 520 (1844) ; Desm. Diet. Univ. c^H. N. ix. p. 679 



(1849). ^ 



" Perameles aurita, Mm. Paris," Waterh., Gray, et al. 



Long-nosed Bandicoot. 



Size large, proportions slender. Pur coarse, hispid, and sUghtly 

 spinous, resembling in this respect that of P. ohesula and the great 

 mass of the species, and differing from that of P. gunni ; under- 

 fur thin, and sparse, pale slaty gtey. General colour all over 

 duU olivaceous brown, without markings or stripes anywhere. 

 Muzzle very long and slender. Ears long, narrow, pointed, laid 

 forward they reach, in spirit-specimens, in front of the anterior 

 canthus of the eye ; metatragus about as long as broad, evenly 

 rounded ; back of ears brown, rather darker anteriorly, and paler 

 basally. Rump quite without stripes or bands. Sides of body, 

 chin, chest, and belly white. Outsides of limbs like back, inner 

 sides and feet white. Soles of feet granulated, black and thinly 

 hairy posteriorly, white and naked anteriorly. Tail rather longer 

 than the head, brown above for its whole length, paler below. 



Skull (PI. XXII. figs. 5 & 6) with a short cranial and very long 

 facial portion. Nasals very long and narrow, their greatest breadth 

 going about seven times into their length. Orbital region short, 

 the supraorbital edges not parallel for any distance, but evenly 

 concave. Lacrymal bones with a marked ante-orbital ridge, more 

 or less overhanging the orbit, and sharply dividing the bone into 

 orbital and frontal surfaces ; the posterior corner of the ridge form- 

 ing an indistinct supraorbital projection. Brain-case very short in 

 proportion to the muzzle. Palate comparatively perfect ; anterior 

 palatine foramina reaching to the level of i.* ; no vacuity opposite 

 the anterior premolars, at least in fully adult specimens ; posterior 

 vacuities small, opposite m.' and m.^ Foramen rotwndum very 

 large and open, its edges not produced into a bony tube. Bullae 

 (fig. 5) very small, hemispherical, transparent, often slightly incom,- 

 plete at their junction with the tympanic rings, their antero-external 

 but little greater than their antero-internal diameter. Lower jaw 

 long, light and slender, especially posteriorly ; the coronoid process 



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