Zoology.'] 



NATURAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. 



[Mammalia. 



rusty chestnut ; the hairs blackish at base, lighter, and browner or yellowish towards 

 apex ; ears dark-brown, black within. Young : blackish, darker brown (black when 

 wet) than the adult above, yellowish about the muzzle, cheeks, and throat, rich rusty 

 chocolate below, the under-fur of the same dull, rusty coffee-color in all parts. 



Female: Length of adult (a), about 5| feet. Color: yellowish ashy-grey above 

 and on the sides, brownish on the snout, upper lip lighter ; all below dark rich 

 chestnut-brown from the base of pectoral to the tail ; the anterior part of the breast 

 and throat of the same light-grey as the upper surface ; upper and lower surface of 

 fins rich chestnut-brown, darkest below ; hairs with a longer yellowish or greyish 

 apical portion giving the iron-grey general tint with yellowish hue in some lights, 

 the base of each hair being dark, as in the male, and with the same scant, rusty, 

 coffee-color under-fur. Young : blackish-brown above, yellowish-white on throat, 

 belly, and behind pectoral. 



Measurements op Specimens in Museum. 

















Adult 



Fe 





Adult Male. 





Young. 











(A) 





(B) 





(c) 



Male, (d) Fem 



• (E) 







ft. 



in. 



ft. 



ins. 



ft. 



ins. 



ft. 



ins. 



ft. 



ins. 



Length from tip of snout to extremity of tail ... 



5 



6 



7 



n 



5 



9f 



3 



0£ 



2 



5| 



„ from tip of snout to edge of lip 



... 



. 



. 



. 









2 



.. 





. 



.. 



„ from tip of snout to occiput... 



... 







10 



1 



" H 







10£ 







' H 







6 



„ from tip of snout to front of pectoral 



2 



4 



2 



7 



2 



1 



1 



1 







10f 



„ between eyes across forehead 









4 







6J 







H 







3 







2£ 



„ from tip of snout to eye 



... 







4 







5 







H 







2f 







2* 



„ from tip of snout to ear 



... 







8 







9 







H 







51 







5 



„ of pectoral 



... 



1 



4 



2 







1 



6 f 







10 







8 



„ of ear 



... 







H 







14 







*i 







ii 







1 



„ of tail 



... 







n 







4 







n 







U 







H 



„ of hind fin 



... 







hi 



1 



2* 



1 



n 







8| 







6 



Greatest width of hind fin ... 



... 







9 







10| 







7 







5 







5 



Whiskers ... 



... 







61 







5i 







5* 







2| 







2 



Length of outer lobe beyond origin of ins- 



lines. 























nail ... ... ... ... 3 



10 























Length of second lobe from origin of nail 3 



10 























„ of third lobe from origin of nail 3 



9 























„ of fourth lobe from origin of nail 3 



8 























„ of fifth lobe from origin of nail 3 



3 























„ of inner nail ... ... 



3 























„ of fourth nail ... ... 



9 























„ of middle nail ... ... 



11 























„ of second nail ... ... 



10 























„ of first or outer nail ... 



n 























Skull of male [specimen in table of measurements marked (c)] : — length from tip 

 of snout to posterior edge of condyle, 10 inches ; greatest width across zygomatic 

 arches, 5 inches 6 lines ; greatest height from basioccipital to slightly marked occipital 

 crest, 3 inches 6 lines ; crest scarcely marked ; parietal sides of the skull moderately 

 convex j from tip of snout to anterior edge of orbit, 3 inches ; breadth from tip to 

 tip of postorbital processes, 2 inches 2 lines ; space between the orbits convex above, 

 1 inch 3 lines wide at narrowest posterior portion; length of lower jaw to middle of 

 condyle, 6 inches 10 lines; greatest depth vertically under second mqjar, 1 inch 5 lines; 

 depth behind fourth molar, 1 inch 1 line. Teeth : length of molar series of 6 teeth in 

 upper jaw, 2 inches 4 lines ; anterior molar with a middle cusp, conical, compressed, 

 5 lines long; with a distinct cusp at the base in front, and one slightly smaller 

 behind ; a rough, distinct, crenulated cingulum at base of crown connecting the cusps 



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