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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 
[PART IV. 
Family -78. — MYRMECOBIIDH3. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Nearctic 
Sub-regions. 
Pal.earctic 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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The only representative of this family is the Myrmecobius fas- 
ciatus, or native ant-eater, a small bushy-tailed squirrel-like 
animal, found in the South and West of Australia. 
Family 79. — PERAMELIDiE. (3 Genera, 10 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Nearctic 
Sub-regions. 
Palacarctic 
Sub- regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
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The Peramelidie, or bandicoots, are small insectivorous Mar- 
supials, having something of the form of the kangaroos. They 
range over the whole of Australia and Tasmania, as well as the 
Papuan Islands. The genus Perameles (8 sp.), has the range 
of the family, one species being found in New Guinea and the 
Ara Islands (Plate XI., vol. i. p. 440) ; Peragalea (1 sp.), inha- 
bits West Australia only; and Chwrojms (1 sp.), a beautiful little 
animal with something of the appearance of a mouse-deer, is 
found in both South, East, and West Australia. 
Family 80.— MACROPODIDJE. (10 Genera, 56 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
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PaLjEARCTIC 
Ethiopi \n I 
1 Oriental 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
Sub-regions. 
Sub-regions. 
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