Peragalea.

P. lagotis. Rabbit-eared Peragalea or Rabbit-rat of the Colonists.

An aberrant form of the Peramelidæ;, with rather long compressed and crested tail, inhabiting the interior of South Australia, New South Wales, and West Australia, The head is very elongate, the ears long, and the fur soft and silky; the canine teeth are strong and recurved, very powerful, and the grinders conical, without fangs, except a few tubercles. The Peragalea burrows, and is not gregarious, a pair only occupying one of the warrens.