Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2Grey, George
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Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2
Grey, George
Natural history -- Australia -- Western Australia; Western Australia -- Discovery and exploration
61. Hal. dorsalis Gray 1:8 1:5 1:17 1:3.
62. Hal. parma Gould 1:1.
63. Hal. derbianus Gray 2:2.
Var. obscurior 3:5.
64. Hal. ? banksianus Lesson 1:1 ?
65. Hal. fasciatus Goldf. 4:2.
Kangurus fasciatus Lesson.
Petrogale.
* Tail conical, slightly tufted.
66. P. robusta Gould 1:4 1:8.
** Tail end tufted.
67. P. brachyotis Gould 4:1.
68. P. penicillata Gray 1:3 1:21.
Heteropus albogularis Jourdan.
69. P. lateralis Gould 3:1.
70. Hypsiprymnus minor Cuv. 1:1 6:1.
Macropus minor Shaw.
Hyps. myosurus Ogilby.
71. Hyps. ? lesueurii Quoy 4:3.
72. Hyps. gilbertii Gould 3:2.
73. Lagorchestes leporoides Gould 1:3 1:5.
Bettongia Gray.
* Tail end blackish.
74. Bett. setosa Gray 1:3 1:5.
Hypsiprymnus setosus Ogilby.
Hyp. murinus Ogilby.
Var. Bett. penicillata Gray.
75. Bett. ogilbii Gould 3:1.
** Tail end brown, white tipped.
76. Bett. whitei Gould 1:1.
Hypsiprymnus whitei Quoy.
H. formosus Ogilby.
Hyp. phillipii Ogilby.
77. Bett. grayii 2:4.
Hyp. 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.
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