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 Habitat. Interior of South Australia, Victoria, and New South Wales.

9. Perameles Gunnii, Gray

Habitat. Van Diemen's Land.

10. Perameles myosurus, Wagn.

Habitat. Western Australia.

11. Perameles nasuta, Geoff.

Habitat. New South Wales.

12. Perameles macroura, Gould.

Perameles macroura, Gould in Proc. Zool. Soc. part x. p. 4; Waterh. Nat. Hist. of Mamm. vol. i. p. 366.

Perameles macrurus, Gray, List of Spec. of Mamm. in Coll. Brit. Mus. p. 96.

I have not figured this animal because, although twenty-one years have passed away since my description was published, I have never seen a second example; still I have no doubt of its being a distinct species. It greatly resembles P. obesula and P. nasuta, but differs from both in its larger tail. I transcribe my original description from the 'Proceedings of the Zoological Society' above referred to:—

"Corpore supra nigro et flavescenti-albo penicillato, infra sordide albo, pilis rigidis obsito; cauda pilis parvulis parce tecta, longitudine dimidio corporis æquante, supra nigra, infra fuscescenti-alba; auris mediocribus.

"Habitat. Port Essington."

13. Perameles obesula, Geoff.

Habitat. South coasts of Australia and Tasmania generally.