*136 
DASYURUS HAI.LUGATUS. 
about the throat; the cheeks, a large patch above the eye, 
anti the sides of the body, are greyish ; ears very pule (pro¬ 
bably whitish flesh-colour in the living animal), thinly clothed 
with small pale hairs ; immediately at the base extemnlly the 
hairs are longer nnd dense, and of a yellowish white colour, 
and the part of the head immediately adjoining the root of 
the ear has similar pale hairs. The tail is immaculate, cylin¬ 
drical ; clothed throughout with longisli harsh hairs, but by no 
means bushy; about one-third (basal portion) is brownish, but 
considerably pencilled with black, and the remaining portion 
is almost entirely black. The feet are brownish, and the 
region of the pouch is clothed with very dark red hairs, 
appearing as if stained with blood. The fur is less dense, 
and harsher than in I). Gcoffroyi. 
A female specimen in'the British Museum collection 
differed from the above in having the general hue of the upper 
parts of the body yellowish brown—the ground colour being 
of a tolerably bright brown, but much pencilled with yellow; 
on the head and sides of the body the yellow prevails. A 
male specimen in the same collection ugrees with my first 
description, in having the ground colour of the back almost 
black, and a similar specimen in the national collection, 
there are reasons to believe, is from Western Australia. 
Length from tip uf nose to root of tail 
•* of tail ... ... ... . 
44 of tarsus and nails 
“ of the longest toes and nails of the 
Inches. Uut*. 
12 0 
10 0 
1 0 
hind foot 
44 of ear ... ... 
14 from tip of nose to car 
o 
10 
3 
