DASYURUS HALLUCATUS. 
North Australian Dasyurus. 
Da*yum* hallucatu*. Gould, Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 
February, 1842, Pt. 10, p. 41. 
Fur of moderate length, anil rather harsh ; general colour of 
the upper parts of the body dusky brown, much pencilled 
with yellowish, and having numerous irregular white spots; 
under parts white, suffused with yellow : car pale; the fur 
which covers the root of the ear externally, w hitish ; tail but 
little bushy, cylindrical, the apical half, or more, black ; 
fleshy pads on the under surface of the feet with minute 
oblique stria?. 
Inhabits North Australia — Port Easington* 
