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which is nearly as long as the longer, straighter fur. General 

 colour black or dark blackish brown all over, the head, body, limbs, 

 and tail being all uniformly of that colour, which is only relieved by 

 a small and variable number of pure white patches about the region 

 of the neck, shoulders, and rump, one on the chest between the fore 

 limbs being the only one which seems to be constantly present. 

 Ehinarium large, entirely naked. Ears rounded, hairy, with weU- 

 marked tufts of hairs at their base. Soles quite naked ; sole-pads 

 absent, but in the usual position of these there is a broad prominence 

 on each foot, not subdivided into three, its surface and that of the 

 whole sole' and underside of toes uniformly and coarsely granulated ; 

 the tip of each toe, just beneath the claw, with a small transversely 

 striated pad. Tail about half the length of the head and body, 

 uniformly thickly hairy. 



Slcull broad, evenly converging forwards. Nasals narrow, but 

 little expanded behind. Interorbital space very broad, rpunded; 

 postorbital processes strongly developed, and corresponding pro- 

 cesses on the malars ; intertemporal constriction strongly marked, 

 in old specimens its breadth less than one third of the interorbital 

 breadth, the latter increasing and the former decreasing very 

 markedly as age advances. Sagittal and lambdoid crests much 

 developed. Anterior palatine foramina short. Palatal vacuities 

 each a little larger than one of the largest molars. Posterior edge 

 of palate about a centimetre behind the level of the last molar ; its 

 edges much thickened, and with a central projecting point. BuUse 

 pear-shaped, much inflated. 



Teeth as described above. I.^ touching its fellow of the other 

 side of the jaw ; p.' above about three times and below about twice 

 the bulk of p.' ; m.* with no posterior and a much smaller internal 

 talon than in the Thylacine. 



(Stufeed). (Stuffed). 



Adult. Adult, 



millim. millim. 



Head and body 670 660 



TaU 222 280 



Hind foot 88 86 



Ear . . .• 36 26 



Skull, see next page. 



Hah. Tasmania. 

 Type not in existence. 



„ I Yg. al. I , Tasmania. Eonald Gunn, Esq. [P. & 0.1 



"• ) Skull. \'^- 



b. Imm. St. Tasmania. Eonald Gunn, Esq. [P. & 0.]. 



* In the Vienna Museum. 

 1' In the Munich Museum. 



