"Uacb species is the pioduci ot 

 ovet six hundred million vcais ol 

 evolution, and we ourselves .tie dOC 

 of these. In destroying any one of 

 these specie*, we are destroying a 

 Facet ot our potential understanding 

 uf the world about us — we owe a 

 responsibility to each oilier to see 

 that this does not happen". 



The book has three appendixes. 

 The first (Suggestions lor limber 

 Reading) lists 202 reterences, set out 



under a sequence ot headings wind 

 comprise groups ot chapters ot [flj 

 book. Secondly, there arc lis i L | Cl 

 lmccs lot the student and proles, 

 sioual readei", pointmy to detailed 

 descriptions of the moi phologicai 

 characters of each Mistialian thaffl 

 tag] species. Ihiullv. llieic is ml,,, 

 ni:,i i, mi aboiii the annuals and ha^t. 

 e.i minds comprising the book's 

 plates. 



Hlsl Mill MOV D.M V Of Vll I IJRI VN 

 M.VMMMS 



As a supplement to r|v rmv/om,' 

 tevicVP. the tollowinu details of dislnhu 

 lion .in- presented lor Vielortail uscis 

 uf ihc CittUlf ui //if Salivf Wuutmuli 

 of Amaratiu. Ihesc details amplify and 

 amend disti ihulional dai.i given in the 

 bonk tor certain Victorian mammals. 

 References are cited when the details 

 arc based on published ai tides In most 

 other cases, the data arc based on 

 srecimons in the mammal collections 

 of die Nalional Museum ot Victuiia 

 and the Vietoiiaii fisheries and Wild- 

 lib. Department. In a few BM0t) 'Ik 

 UH1.1 arc from the procnl wmci's 

 observational records, 

 p. 14 Blaek-laCed KaPSaroo. MfftrOQUi 



iiihviiunii\ Aioas of Vic aifmininc 



S \nsi . from far N\V. U) sotulictu 



lirampi.tm 



Waifuoo. Mmrn/ms rvhmtiu 



I ui \ . only in Nf. Inppdund 



nipper Snowy River area I. 



Red kangaroo. Mqntthi m)c 



lor Vie . onls Ifl tai N\\ 

 n. -in loolache. Mmi-ipm i.tmi No 



^nntirnied living record for Vic tin 



layson ( I T7 ) provided an UASUb- 



sliiiMiatuU v-v-ondhand report of ib 



one time iveui rente in Vic 

 Q.4?i Svwirnp WfdUby. H'tilluluu hi- 



rolin. Not recorded, livine. anv- 



where weu of Olway Rallies area. 



SW, Vie., or in S. Aust. 

 p -+K Red bellied P.idemelon. 77/ Wo 



y,aU- billanliiri, No lonuer in Vic I he 



former Aust. mainland population is 



now exiinet. 



p. 54. Crescent Wallaby. On.srlu>yjl,\, 

 lunula, Not iccofded living in Vk 

 I he sole Miiii.iv Da Nine. roCGld wa- 

 in NSW t Wakefield IsV.tS). 

 Bridled Wallabv, I nm li, 



frmtnmu, nw. and N. We, iMiiihu. 

 am and n«at Mi #»r») should i, 



added to the oriental diMrihiittnn 

 both lieie and on p. 21)7. Not now ir, 

 Vk.. potttbly unite extinel. (w$t 

 Held fWtA) 



p. SH. Hrnvvn Marc wallaby. (mm 

 (//, <!•- kp&iliei, Ne- lotieet in Vie. 

 piobahlv qVlh eMin. I. I See pi 148). 



pM Hrnsh-t.iiled k.uk will.iK i:t,,- 

 yulr pi nn ilium. In Vie, recnrdci 

 nnlv from Nb. and E luppei Mm 

 lay R. alea lo Ruchail dtslikt 

 ( Wakefield 1 963 ', and from (oani 



p 67, Ru|ou< Rat kaileauKi 3 Aw 

 ItryNWHi rw/eJMfH fonnerly in \ 

 Vie i Violet Town, Gunboweri; no 

 longer exlanl in »tale (see Wakelicld 

 1%'tN. 



Riiish-i.nled Redone, BtffWgti 

 pvtui illnui. See also p 207, but the 

 St. Aust populauon t former h Vh 

 lending to N '- n.vw.i is pifMim 

 a''ly now extinct. 



l asi.Mii Botiofigi BelttnuLt P* 



ituirdi Nh loneer in Vic : 0|C \.r- 

 mainland population is pmUmkbt) 

 extinct (see p. 207). 

 p r,« fotoroo P.>ii»,un rrtifilrtyf/»i 

 Authemic Vie iccords are north- 

 .xniral (near Kinclake) and far- 

 eastern iSW, ot BonaOK*. 



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