Broad-fronted Wombat.

 

Heap AND Fore FEeEvr, oF THE SIZE OF LIFE.

For many years the skull of a distinct species of Wombat, from the southern portion of
Australia, has formed part of the collection at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, in
Lincoln’s Inn Fields. To the animal to which this skull belonged Professor Owen applied
the name of Phascolomys latifrons. On the receipt by the British Museum of a skin of an
apparently second species of Wombat from Victoria or Adelaide, I came to the conclusion

that it was the skin of the animal characterized by Professor Owen,—a point which could
have been easily determined had the skull been sent with the skin, but unfortunately it
was destitute of this very important appendage: in other words, the skull at the College
, and the skin at the British Museum without the

of Surgeons arrived without the skin
ifrons to the right

skull. I have little doubt, however, of my having applied the term lat

animal.
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The accompanying head was taken from the skin in the British Museum, above a
it differs very considerably im colour

to, and is of the size of life; it will be seen that

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from the P. Wombat so common in Tasmania.

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