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grayii Gould. *** Tail grey, ears black. 78. B. rufescens Gray 1:1. Bett. melanotis Ogilby. 79. Phascolarctos fuscus Desm. 1:1 1:8. Ph. cinereus Fischer. Lipurus cinereus Goldf. 80. Phascolomys ursinus 1:8 2:1 6:1 6:2. Didelphis ursina Shaw 1:15 6:3. Wombatus fossor Geoff. Phasc. fuscus Desm. Amblotis fossor Illiger. Order GLIRES. Family Muridae. 81. Hydromys chrysogaster Geoff. 1:3 1:11 3:1 6:1 6:2 6:8. Hyd. leucogaster Geoff. 82. Pseudomys australis Gray 1:3. 83. Mus setifer Horsf. 6:1. 84. Mus lutreola new species 1:2 2:1 6:5 6:3. 85. Mus greyii new species 2:1. 86. Mus adelaidensis new species 2:1. 87. Mus ? platurus Mitchell 1:18. 88. Mus ? hovellii Mitchell 1:17. 89. Hapalotis albipes Licht. 1:3 1:9 ? Conilurus destructor Ogilby 1:18. 90. Hapalotis mitchellii 1:16. Dipus mitchellii Ogilby. 91. Hapalotis gouldii new species 3:1. Order UNGULATA. Family Dasypidae. 92. Echidna aculeata 1:4 1:8. Myrmecophaga aculeata Shaw. Tachyglossus aculeatus Illiger. Echidna hystrix Cuv. 93. Echidna setosa 6:1 6:2. Ornithorhynchus hystryx var. Home. Tachyglossus setosus Illiger. 94. Platypus anatinus Shaw 1:1 6:4. Ornithorhynchus paradoxus Blum. Orn. rufus and O. fuscus Leach. O. crispus and elvis Macgillivray. O. brevirostris Ogilby. Order CETAE. 95. Delphinorhynchus pernetttensis 5:1. 96. Balaena physalis 4:1. Total of species found in each country 1:60 2:18 3:20 4:6 5:3 6:22 7:1. Total of species peculiar to each country 1:45 2:6 3:12 4:6 5:2 6:11 7:0. Of these species there are: Non-Marsupial: Primates 8. Ferae 2. Cetae 2. Glires 11. Total 23 Marsupial (Didelphidae) 71. Monotrematous 3. Total 97. This list shows the progress which has taken place in the knowledge of the Australian animals; for only a few years ago it was generally stated that the Australian dog was the only non-Marsupial animal found on the continent. The following species appear to be new to science. Number 1. Rhinolophus megaphyllus, Gray Proceedings of the Zoological Society 1834 52. Brown, end of the hairs of the back with small, and on the lower side of the body with longer, grey tips. Ears with two hairy lines on each side. Wings with little tufts of short hairs near the side of the body beneath. (Nose leaf destroyed.) Body, 2 inches 3-12; fore-arm, 1 11-12; tail 11-12; fore-legs, 9-12; ears, 7-12. Number 2. Scotophilus morio, Gray. Back unifor
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