Dasyuridæ.

The rich deposits in the Caves of Wellington have supplied us with evidence of the existence of two species of "Native-cats," that is, a common Dasyurus viverrinus, and a "Tiger-cat," Dasyurus maculatus; besides these small carnivores we have to record the presence in post-tertiary Australia of the formidable Sarcophilus vrsinus, the "Tasmanian Devil," and the still more ferocious Thylacinus cynocephalus, Thylacine or "Tasmanian Tiger." The number of teeth belonging to these creatures, collected at the Wellington Caves, amount to several hundred; other remains (skulls and jaws) are as plentiful, and many of their owners must have died at a ripe old age, because their canine teeth are often worn level with the rest of the series.