266 BASYTJEID^. 



Mamm. p. 272 (L829); Less. H. N. Mamm. (Compl. Buff.) v. 

 p. 373, pi. XXV. (1836) ; Waterh. Cat. Mamm. Mus. Zool. Soc. 

 p. 65 (1838) ; Gunn, Ann. Mag. N. S. (1) i. p. 104 (1838) ; 

 Gould, P. Z. S. 1840, p. 151 ; Oiaen, Tr. Z. S. ii. p. 408, pi. Ixx. 

 fig. 2 (skull) (1841) ; Gray, Grey's Austr., App. ii. p. 400 (1841) ; 

 Less. N. Tabl. JR. A., Mamm.^. 190 (1842) ; Gray, List Mamm. 

 B. M. p. 97 (1843) ; Wagn. Sehr. Saug. Supp. iii. p. 33, 1843, v. 

 p. 194 (1855) ; WaUrh. N. R. Mamm. i. p. 442, pi. xii. fig. 1 

 (soles of feet) (1846) ; Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pi. 1. (animal) 

 (1851)'; Gunn, P. Ray. Soc. Tasm. ii. p. 81 (1852) ; Gerv. H. N. 

 Mamm. ii. p. 282 (1855) ; SoMeg. Dierh. p. 135 (1857) ; Gieh. 

 Sdug. p. 731, (1859) ; Garrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 134 

 (1862) ; Krefft, Cat. Mamm. Austr. Mus. p. 26 (1864) ; id. Notes 

 Faun. Tasm. p. 4 (1868) ; id. Austr. Vert. p. 14' (1871) ; Schleg. 

 Bierent. p. 159 (1872) ; Brehm, Thierl. ii. p. 649 (1880) ; Higg. ^ 

 Pett. P. Boy. Soc. Tasm. 1883, p. 197 ; Flow. ^ Gars. Cat. Ost. 

 Coll. Surg. ii. p. 742 (1884) ; Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. p. 304 

 (1887) ; Thos. Phil. Trans, olxxvii. p. 461, pi. xxvii. fig. 5 (teeth) 

 (1887) ; Lyd. Cat. Foss. Mamm. B. M. v. p. 268 (1887). , 



Daayvirus maugei, Geoff. Ann. Mus. iii. p. 359 (1804) ; Tiedem. Zool. 

 p. 429 (1808) ; G. Fisch. Zoogn. ii. p. 584 (1813) ; Bern.. N. Bict. 

 as. N. (2) ix. p. 138 (1817) ; Geoff. Bict. Set. Nat. xii. p. 511 

 (1818) ; Besm. Mamm. i. p. 263 (1820) ; GoUf. Handb. Zool. ii. 

 p. 449 (1820) ; Besmoul. Bict. Class. d'JI. N. v. p. 339 (1824) ; 

 F. Cuv. H. N. Mamm. (fol.) iii. livr. xii v. (animal) (1824) ; Quoy 

 Sf Gaim. Toy. Uranie, p. 54, pi. iy. (animal & skull) (1824) ; Gray, 

 Griff. Ctw. An. K. v. p. 193 (1827) ; Temm. Mon. Mamm. i. p. 71, 

 pi. Yii. figs. 5-8 (skull) (1827) ; Less. Man. Mamm. p. 214 (1827) ; 

 J. B. Fisch. Syn. Mamm. p. 271 (1829) ; Less. It. N. Mamm. 

 (Compl. Buff.) V. p. 373, pi. xxxvi. (animal) (1836) ; Benn. Cat. 

 N. H. Austr. Mus. p. 2 (1837) ; Owen, P. Z. S. 1838, p. 121 et 

 seqq. ; Waterh. Cat. Mamm. Mus. Zool. Soc. p. 65 (1838) ; Gould, 

 P. Z. S. 1840, p. 151 ; Owen, Tr. Z. S. ii. pp. 397, 408, pi. hex. 

 fig. 3 (skull) (1841) ; Waterh. Jard. Nat. Libr., Mamm. xi. p. 133, 

 pl. vii. (animal) (1841); Less. N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 190 

 (1842) ; Wagn; Schreb. Saug. Supp. iii. p. 24, pl. clii. b. b (animal) 

 (1843) ; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 491 (1844) ; Gieb. Odont. p. 39, 

 pl. xvii. fig. 8 (teeth) (1855). 



Dasyurus guttatus, Besm. N. Bict. dJH. N. (1) xxiv. p. 10 (1804). 



Common Dasyuee. 



Size medium, about that of a Marten ; form slender. Fur thick 

 and soft ; underfur long and abundant, dark slaty grey, nearly 

 black in parts. General colour either pale olive-grey or deep black, 

 profusely spotted with white. In the black melanistic variety every 

 part of the body is deep black, except for the white body-spots. In 

 the grey, or normal, variety the face, back, and sides of neck, and 

 body are all of a pale yellowish grey, the longer hairs everywhere 

 with a subterminal yellow band. Ears large, their backs and 

 edges internally covered with pale yellow hairs. Body-spots gene- 

 rally distributed, larger ones from about 12 to 15 millim. in diameter. 

 Belly and limbs like back, but paler and greyer, the tips of the 

 hairs white instead of yellow. Soles of feet granulated, without 

 marked pads. No trace of a hallux. Tail bushy, with a tendency 

 towards a distichous arrangement of the hairs ; its proximal three- 



