Fig. 139.
Skeleton of Sarcophilus ursinus, Harris sp. (Tasmanian devil).
(F. J. Moore, prep.)
Fig. 140.
Skull of Sarcophilus ursinus, Harris sp. (Tasmanian devil).
Pleistocene. Queenscliff, Victoria. About 1/2 nat. size
(After McCoy).
The syndactyla have the second and third toes enclosed in a common skin. The Peramelidae and the Notoryctidae are polyprotodont. The remainder are all diprotodont. The Peramelidae or Bandicoot family are represented in Pleistocene Cave-breccias in New South Wales by the genera Peragale and Perameles.