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Bettongia cuniculus Tasrnanian Bettong. 



Hypsiprymnus apicalis Tasrnanian Rat-Kangaroo. 



Bandicoot Family. 

 Perameles gunnii Grunn's Perameles. 



Phalanger Family. 



Phalangista fuliginosa Black or Sooty Opossum. 



Phalangista vulpina Common Opossum. 



Phalangista viverrina Ring-tail Opossum. 



Dromicia gliriformis Thick-tailed Dromicia. 



Dasyure Family. 



Antechinus sivainsonii Swainson's Antechinus. 



Dasyurus viverrinus Common Dasyure or Native-Cat. 



Dasyurus maculatus Spotted-tailedDasyure or Tiger-Cat. 



Sarcophilus ursinus Tasrnanian Devil, ) (fossil in N. S. 



Thylacinus cynocephalus Tasrnanian Tiger, j Wales.) 



Section II — Monotremata. 

 Ornithorhynchus anatinus... Duck-billed Platypus. 

 Echidna setosa Hairy Echidna. 



A second species of Thylacine recently obtained by Mr. Mas- 

 ters, and which I have described in the Proceedings of the 

 Zoological Society of London as Thylacinus breviceps, must be 

 added to this list. 



This is a smaller animal with a shorter head, and much larger 

 teeth than the T cynocephalus, and was well known to many of 

 the old residents of Van Dieman's Land who distinguished the 

 two kinds, so Mr. Masters assures me, by the popular names of 

 G-rey-hound and Bull-dog Tigers. 



Peculiar to the island are the following mammals :— 



The Tasrnanian "Wombat 



Bennett's Kangaroo. 



The Tasrnanian Bat Kangaroo. 



Grunn's Bandicoot. 



The Sooty Phalanger. 



Thick-tailed Dromicia. 



The Tasrnanian "Devil." 



The two "Tigers"; and 



The Hairy Echidna or Porcupine Anteater. 

 With the exception of the "Devil" and "Tigers" all have 

 closely allied representatives on the mainland. 



A colder climate always modifies species more or less, and we 

 find the Mammals of Tasmania generally more robust, of larger 

 size, and provided with thicker and darker fur, than those inhab- 

 iting New Holland. In the structure, however, of the skull and 



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