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SUNKLANDS OF PORT PHILLIP BAY AND BASS STRAIT 
M. giganteus (Zim.) . . 
PalorcJiestes asael Owen . . F 
Sthenurus atlas Owen 
S. hrehus Owen 
IJasyurus ajfinis McCoy 
Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw) L 
D. maculatus (Kerr) . . L 
1). howlingi Spen. & Ker, 
D. sp. 
Sarcophilus ursinus (Harris) L 
Phascolomys pUocenus 
McCoy 
P. ursinus (Shaw) 
P. mitchelli Owen 
P. tasmaniensis Spen. & Ker L 
Zaglossus harrissoni Scott . . 
Potorus tridactylus (Kerr) . . L 
Isoodon ohesulus (Shaw.) . . L 
Parameles gunni Gray . . L 
Phascogale swainsoni Water . . L 
Sminthopsis leucopus (Gray) L 
Ornithorliynchus anatius 
(Shaw) . . . . . . L 
Dromicia nana (Desm.) . , L 
Tachyglossus setosus (Geoff) L 
F 
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L 
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L 
L 
L 
L 
L 
The fossil bones from Bass Strait Islands assigned to Macropus 
giganteus might well belong to M. tasmaniensis Le Souef, in 
which case the migration, if it occurred, was from Tasmania. 
Of the above mentioned marsupials, the Great Kangaroo or 
Forester is found in open forest; Bennett’s Wallaby and the 
Eufous-bellied Wallaby are also scrub forest dwellers, the former 
a hardy species thriving in a cold climate. The rat-kangaroo is 
found in all kinds of country except the heavy tropical scrubs of 
north-east Australia and swampy tracts. The opposums are arbo- 
rescent, living in forest or scrubby country, and feeding on scrub 
foliage, particularly the eucalypts. The Marsupial Wolf, Tas- 
manian Devil, Tiger Cat and Native Cat likewise live in scrub 
forest country, the Native Cat also frequenting the coast line 
particularly the thick cover of the estuaries. The coarse-haired 
wombats of the ranges of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania 
are forest animals. The phascogales are largely insectivorous but 
feed, too, on small animals, birds, lizards, etc. The carnivorous 
Marsupial Wolf, Tasmanian Devil, and Native Cats prey on 
