300 
PERAMELES (Macro /is) LAGOTIS. 
Rabbit-eared Perameles. 
Perameles lagotis. Reid, Proceed mgs of the Zoological Society for December, 
1836. Pt. 4, p. 129. 
44 41 Waterhouse, Naturalists' Library— Marsupialia.p. 153, 
PI. 12. 
Peragalea lagotis. Grav, List of the Specimens of Mammalia iu the Collec¬ 
tion of the British Museum, 1841, p. 96. 
44 44 Gould, Mammals of Australia, Pt. 1, PI. 12. 
Aattve Rabbit of the colonists, and Dalgheit of the natives of Western 
Australia. 
Plate 13, Fig. 1. 
Ears very large, nearly as long as the head ; fur very loug and 
soft, of a pale grey on the upper parts of the animal, delicate 
vinous red on the sides, and white on the under parts : fore 
legs white, hut dusky at the base externally ; feet white, the 
hind feet clothed with black hairs on the under surface ; 
the leg dusky immediately above the heel: tail at the root 
clothed with fur like that of the body, the remaining portion 
with coarse hairs, long on the upper surface (very long 
towards the end of the tail), and shortish on the under 
parts ; on the basal half of the tail these hairs are black, and 
on the apical, white. 
Inhabits Western Australia— Swan River district. 
The very large and elongated ears of the present species 
no doubt suggested for it the name of “ Native Rabbit/' by 
wliicli it is known to the colonists of the Swan River district. 
Western Australia — the only part of Australia, I believe, in 
which it has hitherto been found. According to the informa¬ 
tion furnished us by Mr. Gould, the Rabbit-oared Perameles 
is tolerably abundant over the whole extent of the grassy 
districts in the interior of the Swan River eolouy, and is 
