Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

Long-tailed B.—
<i>P. longicauda</i>, Peters & Doria.

North-Australian B.—
<i>P. macrura</i>, Gould.

Port Moresby B.—
<i>P. moresbyensis</i>, Ramsay.

Raffray's B.—
<i>P. rafrayana</i>, Milne-Edw.

Short-nosed B.—
<i>P. obesula</i>, Shaw.

Striped B.—
<i>P. bougainvillii</i>, Quoy & Gaim.

White-tailed Rabbit B.—
<i>P. lesicura</i>. Thomas.

Pig-footed B.—
<i>Choeropus castanotis</i>, Gray.

1802. D. Collins, `Account of New South Wales', vol. ii. p. 188 (Bass's Diary at the Derwent, January 1799):

"The bones of small animals, such as opossums, squirrels, kangooroo rats, and bandicoots, were numerous round their deserted fire-places."