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94. Platypus anatinus.
The species common to Australia and Norfolk Island, but not found in Van Diemen's Land is:
44. Petaurus sciureus.
The eleven species peculiar to Van Diemen's Land, are:
11. Thylacinus cynocephalus.
12. Diabolus ursinus.
13. Dasyurus maculatus.
17. Phascogale minima.
18. Phascogale affinis.
37. Dromicia nana.
34. Phalangista fuliginosa.
58. Halmaturus billardieri.
80. Phascolomys ursina.
93. Echidna setosa.
83. Mus setifer.
The last species is also found in Java, from whence it might have been introduced. It has been known in Van Diemen's Land some years, and does not appear to have found its way to Australia.
Of the 72 species found in the Australian continent six have only been recorded as having been found on the North-west coast:
52. Macropus unguifer.
55. Halmaturus bennettii.
65. Halmaturus fasciatus.
67. Petrogale brachyotis.
71. Hypsiprymnus lesueurii.
Peculiar to the Western Australian district are:
22. Phascogale leucogaster.
23. Myrmecobius fasciatus.
28. Perameles fuscoventer.
29. Perameles obesula.
30. Perameles lagotis.
51. Macropus lunatus.
54. Halmaturus manicatus.
60. Halmaturus brevicaudatus.
69. Petrogale lateralis.
72. Hypsiprymnus gilbertii.
72. Bettongia ogilbii.
91. Hapalotis gouldii.
To the South Australian district:
19. Phascogale rufogaster.
49. Macropus fuliginosus.
63. Halmaturus derbia.n.u.s.
77. Bettongia grayii.
85. Mus greyii.
86. Mus adelaidensis.
To the North Coast:
7. Molossus australis ?
In the New South Wales district there have been recorded the following: some of them may have a larger distribution on the Continent, when these countries become better known, and some of them (marked with a star*) are common to this district, and Van Diemen's Land:
1. Rhinolophus megaphyllus.
4.* Scotophilus gouldii.
6. Scotophilus pumilus.
8. Pteropus poliocephalus.
9. Canis familiaris Australis.
