dStfim j emitting shrill squeaks 



as though Of «CU«8llJttfc CllC ptttJJGK 

 o] I he displ.iv was not apparent. 



In Ihc area studied the I'oioioo 

 lias been found lo favour 3 closed 

 canopy wiih dense ground f?rWM 

 h.ihitji I he habitat in Vm." I Wftl 

 New Soulh Wales is tccotded as 

 similar. No evidence has been seen 

 to suggest Ih.tl the habitat elsewhere 

 in lasmarua iliil'ets in any essential 

 leatinc. The obsci cations illustrate 

 how ihese animals have adapled K> 

 an area, where natural covet is 

 greatly reduced. In a normal habilal 

 the animals would move about with 

 greater confidence probably over a 

 wider range of conditions. 



I he Hettong has been ohse.iw.l in 

 open forest where sunlight penctrati 

 and grass or heath is the ground 

 cover. I'he two types of habilat 

 .ipprosiniate and IVuotoo have been 

 disturbed in densely vegetated hol- 

 lows within fifty yards ol a heathy 

 ridge where Betlongs have been 

 seen. In the Asbestos Range, west 

 from I rankford. Potoroo have been 

 observed in gullies. No Betlong have 

 been seen here. The nature ol the 

 habitat Irom the point of view of 

 vegetative cover and effectiveness 

 of drainage in relation to this 

 appears mosl .significant. The IOJJ0- 

 gtapln seems important only in so 

 far 3$ it has a bearing on these 

 mat tens. 



Thu Betlong appears able to with 

 stand some degree of dryness I he 

 area studied commonly has a drv 

 summer season which may he pro 

 longed into the autumn. Little water 

 may be available and the question ol 

 how much water these animals mac 

 require arises. Iroughton (3945SJ 

 remarked that Betlongs m the f..m 

 don Zoo were reported to haw con 

 sumed a good deal of water. Id the 

 present area water is ovailahle in 



Tarm Water troughs. Roadside excava- 

 tions may also hold water for U,n e 

 periods. 



A comparison has hecn made 

 between the habitat occupied by the. 

 Betlong and that ol ilie IV.ioron 

 a small area near the Tamar Rivet 

 Northern Tasmania 



Rihrimis 

 lmlav.si.il. H II.. V&IL On S \ cw 

 Species of I'oioioo \M«Wtpma] 

 r««p !■ ( avc Ucposit en Kangaroo 

 lilond Saulfi Austi.ili,. Vram k,a 



S,h S AtlMr.. Ul (II: 132-141). 

 Gwlei I R.. 1051 longevity in Itir 



wild I'oioioo. PtuMviA itMaatylm 



I Kerr) . Am' A Sri. 1UVU $ 

 „ l%n. Tito Breeding Sen- 

 son ol I'litniKiis irtdai'iytuus ikcrn 

 Ahsl ) 23 l4i. i>- 1. IT. 



, 1%). Notes on nV 



Internals or Ihc Potorno, folonw. 

 M,/./<fWo/o. I Ken ) I'np fm Hi>\ 



w rurtii. "v, 4t 4fc pi i. RjH 



( 9. 



Kershaw. R t . Notes on Mar- 



supials in the Tantui RiVei. hb 

 mama. Vftf. -Vat.. 6" I8> t-U&llB 



I .iid. I- C ami Seoll. H H i iSSk \ 

 Synopsis ot the Vtftehntl* Animals 

 of Tasmania. Hobrirl. 



I ynn. A. ('. and McMahnn, I. S.. |ff$l, 

 Observation'- on 'he Sin lace Suite- 

 lure of ihc Hairs Of I asini.nia'i 

 Monolrenic.s and Marsupials I'nx 

 Km Si-i. l,nm.. lor \Q90i 71 iU. 



IVarson, L I'MN The Female I io 

 genital System of ibe btamptalkt 

 with special Reference to the S in 

 naJ Complex. Pnh K"\ Sor. Tam 

 for IM44: 71-%. 



IVarson. I., I'M*. I tie AH'in.iic< of ttv. 

 K.il Katieatoos \ \furn,pniliii) W 

 Revealed by a Comparative StUd5 01 

 flu- female I ro^'c inl.il Svsten) f'/Ot 



«,n Sob, lw.ni U>\ 19*5 IP1 12$. 

 Irnuyhmn. I l.e G 1943a. funxJ 

 Animttli ol MlfWla W W- 

 nsy. 



, W43b. The Kttngwno 



r.nnily, Ral Katt.ua lot is- I tOlf) tf«s. 

 Mtiif.. X ti): 171-17-^. 



Wooil tones. V.. 1924. I he Mainltwli 

 nf Sonlh Aiisttalia. PffTt ii Bri' Sd. 



tiinld Sth Austi Bntnch CJqvt. Pnnfl 



Adcl..,.te 



Vid N..I Vol. 88 



