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CHCER0PU8 CASTAN0TI8. 
the upper and under parts of the body, is grey at the root. 
The under fur is more abundant than in Perameles obesula, 
and some others, and in this respects resembles that of the 
P. myosurus ; the longer interspersed hairs are less harsh 
than usual in the Peramelidw. The ears are very broad at 
the base, and much attenuated at the opposite extremity, and 
their hinder edge is emarginated. 
Inches. 
Lines. 
Inches. 
Lines. 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail 
9 
6 
11 
0 
44 of tail 
... 
4 
0 
> 
44 from nose to ear 
... 
2 
7 
2 
8 
44 of car 
... 
1 
11 
1 
10 
Width of ditto at the base 
... 
1 
2* 
1 
3* 
Length of fore leg, about 
... 
2 
6 
2 
8 
44 of fore foot 
... 
1 
01 
1 
H 
Of which the two toes and nails 
of 
ditto are 
... 
*4 
51 
The nails being 
... 
2 
2i 
Length of tarsus ... 
... 
2 
n 
2 
8 
Of which the great central toe is 
1 
0 
l 
01 
Sir Thomas Mitchell, in his notes on the Chceropus, espe¬ 
cially mentions the total absence of a tail as a remarkable 
peculiarity in the animal, and hence the specific name 
ecaudatus was applied to it by Mr. Ogilby; since, however, 
other specimens, agreeing essentially with the Charoptu 
ecaudatus , have subsequently been discovered—and one of 
these, I may observe, was found in the same district as Sir 
1 homas Mitchell s animal—we con scarcely refuse to believe 
that the latter specimens are specifically identical with the 
former, and that the peculiarity in question is due to some 
accident. Two examples of the Choeropus are contained in 
the British Museum collection, one of which was presented 
by his Excellency George Grey, Esq., and is from South 
Australia; the second is from the Swan River district, where, 
according to Mr. Gould, the species is confined to the interior 
of the country. Its food is said to consist of insects and 
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