Tapoa-tafas, or Brush-tails.

Phascogale.

P. penicillata inhabits almost every part of Australia; it is a small animal the size of a rat, with black brushy tail, and of a uniform grey colour. The premolars number as in the genus Thylacinus.

P. calura is a smaller species, found in the interior of New South Wales, South and West Australia; both are arboreal.