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of the "Trip"
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Fallow comprises for certain Species: monotremes, 1;
Marsupials, 8; rodents, 6. These are divided
between rain forest & open forest habitats as follows:-
Plain Rain forest Open forest.
Monotremes: Chiff Tachypleus
Antechinus
Marsupials
Satanellus
Isoodon
Acrotates
Petamno ?
Dactylgale ?
Ptholanger-
Chiffs
Anthelius. < Thylacole -> Protemeridum
Rodents
Rattlus lucipus
Rattlus culvorum
< Hydromys -> chiefly New Guinean.
Uromys
Melomys.
Of the "rain forest" group all but Thylacole and
Hydromys find their nearest relatives in New Guinea.
Of the "open forest" group Satanellus is the Australian
representative of a New Guinean genus, but the art-fam'd
which it belongs in Australia. All others of this
list are Australian. Hydromys is common to both
Australia and New Guinea but the 3 forms were
the Hydromyces are confined to New Build. Thylacole
with three Australian species one being in
New Guinean may be held to be chiefly Australian.
Tachypleus is chiefly Australian, or penetrating it
south New Guinea. I am not wholly convinced that it
should be classed as a "sacrificed" animal