. Catalogue of Australian mammals, with introductory notes on general mammalogy. Mammals. 16 DASYURUS. Dimensions.—Head and body about sixteen inches ; tail about twelve inches. Habitat.—All Australia except the extreme North, and the coastal districts of the South-East. References.—Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 268, pi. xxiii. figs. 1 (ear), 2 (sole); Gould, Mamni. Austr. i. pi. li. 3. Dasyurus viverrinus, Shaw, sp. (1800). Comnion Native Cat. Fior. 1.. Lower jaw of Basyiirus viverriniis, showing- typical polyprotodont den- tition (natural size). Size medium ; form slender. Fur tliick and soft. Gene
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. Catalogue of Australian mammals, with introductory notes on general mammalogy. Mammals. 16 DASYURUS. Dimensions.—Head and body about sixteen inches ; tail about twelve inches. Habitat.—All Australia except the extreme North, and the coastal districts of the South-East. References.—Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 268, pi. xxiii. figs. 1 (ear), 2 (sole); Gould, Mamni. Austr. i. pi. li. 3. Dasyurus viverrinus, Shaw, sp. (1800). Comnion Native Cat. Fior. 1.. Lower jaw of Basyiirus viverriniis, showing- typical polyprotodont den- tition (natural size). Size medium ; form slender. Fur tliick and soft. General color above and below either pale gray or black, spotted with white. Ears large. Hallux absent. Soles granulated, without distinct pads. Tail bushy, its proximal three-fourths like the back, but unspotted, its tip white. Mammae six. Dimensions.—Head and body about eighteen inches ; tail about twelve inches. Habitat.—Eastern watei-shed of New South Wales ; Victoria ; South Australia ; Tasmania. References.—Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 265 ; Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pi. 1. Note.—This species, in both varieties, but mostly in the light- colored form, is as much, if not more, terrestrial than arboreal, living in dead logs, under rocks, or in holes in the clifis, in which latter place they feed on dead fish, and probably crustaceans, moUusks, «fcc., and are thus frequently caught in baited fish-traps left bare by the tide or hauled up during bad weather. Fossil remains of this species have been discovered in the Wellington Caves, New South Wales, the Pleistocene Deposits of Gowrie, Queensland, and in Tasmania.. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Australian Museum; Ogilby, John Douglas. [Sydney] Printed by order of the Trustees