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Imm, st, 

 J Imm. sk. I 

 I SkuU. ( 

 e. Skeleton (moimted). 

 /. Skeleton. 

 g, h. Skeletons, 

 i. Skull (•(J). 

 j. Imm. skull. 

 k. Skull. 



Tasmania. 

 Tasmania. 



Tasmania. 

 Tasmania. 



Purchased. 

 Purchased. 



Zool. Soc. 



Purchased. 



Zool. Soc, 



Dr. Milligan [P. & C.]. 



Haslar Hospital. 



Zool. Soc. 



Skull Dimensions of Thylacinus and Sarcophilus. 



3. DASYURUS. 



Type. 



Baayurus, E. Geoff. Bull. Soc. Philom. i. p. 106 (1796) , . D. riverrinus. 



General form very viverrine, much as in the Genets. Ebinarium 

 well defined, quite naked, with a deep groove running down to the 

 upper lip. Ears long and narrow, their tips well defined, and the 

 lower half of their outer margins only slightly and evenly convex ; 

 metatragus large and broad, folded downwards, its-edges thickened 

 and bent outwards before and behind. Body grey or brown, 

 profusely spotted with white. Tail long, evenly and thickly hairy 

 throughout. Feet plantigrade. Toes subequal, with sharp curved 

 claws; hallux either very small or altogether wanting; soles 

 granulated, nearly or wholly naked. Pouch opening vertically 



Eange from 205 to 226. t Range from 179. 



I ll'O in two other females. 



