At this stage the zoologists’ interest for the Australian wild fauna did cease, or at least greatly diminished, as they were convinced that all what was to be discovered about, had rightly been already discovered and amply described.
A questo punto l’interesse degli zoologi per la teriofauna australiana cessò, o almeno calò moltissimo, poiché erano convinti che tutto quello che c’era da scoprire a riguardo, era già stato scoperto e ampiamente descritto.