A hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata (1896) (14755586716)

Identifier: handbooktomarsup00lydekk (find matches)
Title: A hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915
Subjects: Marsupials Monotremes
Publisher: London : E. Lloyd
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries



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long, narrow, and pointed. Soles of hindfeet granulated, black and thinly haired behind, white andnaked in front. Tail of moderate length, brown above, palerbeneath. Eight teats. Length of head and body about 16inches ; of tail 5 inches. Distribution.—Eastern Australia. Mr. Thomas remarks that although in its long ears, and thegeneral structure of its skull and the form of its lower jaw, thisspecies clearly belongs to the same group as the two preced-ing ones, yet in its spiny fur, the absence of stripes on therump, and the characters of the palate and the so-called bullaein the auditory region of the skull, it approaches so nearly tosome of the Papuan species as to forbid the spUtting up of thegenus. There appears to be nothing special recorded in the habits ofthe species, which differs from the facts already mentionedunder the heading of its allies. rV. LONG-TAILED BANDICOOT. PERAMELES LONGICAUDA. Perameles longicauda^ Peters and Doria, Ann. AIus. Genova,vol. viii., p. 335 (1876).
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OO o MP m pw CQO I o AO ^HE TRUE BANDICOOTS. I4I Peraineles lovgisaudata^ Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p.241 (1888). In common with the whole of the remaining members ofthe genus, this species differs from the preceding group in thefollowing points: Centre of sole of hind foot in the adultnaked nearly, or quite, to the heel. Ear short, so that whenlaid forwards, it falls short of, or barely reaches, the eye, its tipbeing rounded instead of pointed. Characters—Size small; form light and slender; fur close,coarse, and rough, but not spiny. General colour dull greyish-brown, the thinner hairs tipped with dull yellow or grey; chingreyish-brown; under-parts, as well as inner sides of limbs,white or yellowish. Ears rounded, rather small, and broad,not reaching the eyes when laid forwards. Fore feet withbrown hair, but the fingers naked; backs of hind feet white;their soles wholly naked, finely granulated, with small rudi-mental pads at the bases of the toes. Tail as long as the body(e