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X. Description of a new Species of Phalangista. By Thomas 
Bell, Esq., F. R.S. §& L.S. 
Read November 4, 1828. 
Ordo. MARSUPIATA. 
Genus. PuaraNcisTA. Geoffroy. 
PHALANGISTA GLIRIFORMIS. 
Tas. XIII. XIV. 
P, Dorso rufo-cinereo, gulá fulvá, macula post aurem utrinque 
albá: auribus nudis. 
Habitat in Australia. c | ; 
Description. The general form of this animal resembles that of 
the common dormouse ; but it is larger, broader, and more 
depressed. The head is broad across the ears, from whence 
it tapers to the nose, which is somewhat pointed. The 
nostrils are narrow, and of a semicircular form: the upper 
jaw, which is elongated, overhangs the under, and almost 
entirely conceals it. The lips are scantily covered with soft 
short hair, of a whitish colour, and are furnished with four 
rows of long black vibrissz, the posterior ones tipped with 
light brown. The eyes are very large, remarkably promi- 
nent, and of a jet-black colour: the ears of considerable 
size, erect, totally destitute of hair, and of an uniform 
mouse-colour. The teeth are not very easily examined in - 
the living subject; the incisores, however, are seen to re-- 
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