THE VIVERKINB DASYURUS. 
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pale yellow near the point, and black at the point, and the 
coarser interspersed hairs have their visible portions almost 
entirely black; on the feet and under parts of the body the 
hairs are of an uniform yellowish white tint. The sides of 
the face are almost of an uniform pale yellow. The ears are 
for the most part rather sparingly clothed with pale hairs : at 
their base externally is a white spot. The tail is bushy, of 
the same general hue as the body at the base, but becomes 
gradually paler towards the opposite extremity, and is 
terminated with white or dirty yellow-white hairs. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail ... 12 0 
“ of tail (not including the long hair) ... 9 0 
14 from tip of nose to ear 2 8 
44 of ear ... ... ... . 1 3 
44 of hind foot (not including the nails) ... 2 lg 
I have seen specimens whose dimensions slightly exceeded 
the above, which are taken from a stuffed specimen in the 
museum of the Zoological Society. Upon comparing the 
skins of the black and the grey specimens together, I coukl 
perceive no constant difference of size, as M. Temminck 
found in the specimens which came under his notice 1 . 
Both varieties of the Viverrine Dasyurus are common in 
New South Wales and Yan Diemen’s Land. 
Subjoined are the dimensions of some skulls of the grey 
variety. 
1 This author observes, that the D. viverrinus is constantly smaller than the 
D. Maugei , but the dimensions taken by myself from a recent specimen of 
the former animal, denote a larger size than those given by M. Temminck 
from the D. Maugei. 
