PHALANGERIDjE. 25 



n .... T 1.0.0 n -p 0.0.0.4 -si- 1.2.3.4 o OA 



Dentition. 1. ^ C. - , P. 5 ^ y - 4 , M. j^ x 2 = 24. 

 Habits. Fossorial ; rhizophagous. 



1. PHASCOLOMYS MITCHELLI, Owen (1838). 



Common Australian Wombat. 



Size large. Rhinarium large, naked, and black. Fur coarse, 

 harsh, and hispid. Color above and below either yellow, grizzled 

 yellow and black, or black. Ears short, rounded, and well- 

 haired. Ribs of the exceptional number of fifteen. 



Dimensions. Head and body about forty-four inches. 

 Habitat. New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. 

 References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 213; Gould, Manim. 

 Austr. i. pis. Ivii. (head), Iviii. 



2. PHASCOLOMYS URSINUS, Shaw, sp. (1800). 

 Tasmanian Wombat. 



Difters in no respect from the preceding except in its smaller 

 size. Color above and below uniform dark grizzled grayish-brown. 



Dimensions. Head and body about thirty-eight inches. 

 Habitat. Tasmania, and Islands in Bass' Straits. 

 References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 215 ; Gould, Mamm. 

 Austr. i. pis. Iv. (head), Ivi. 



3. PHASCOLOMYS LATIFROXS, Owen (1845) 

 Hairy-nosed Wombat. 



Size moderate. Rhinarium hairy, velvety to the touch, and white. 

 Fur straight, soft, and silky. General color above mottled gray ; 

 tip of muzzle, a spot above and below the eyes, cheeks, throat, 

 and chest white ; chin black ; rest of underside dirty gray. Ears 

 comparatively long, narrow, and pointed ; outwardly sparsely 

 clothed with black hairs, inwardly naked. Ribs of the normal 

 number of thirteen. 



Dimensions. Head and body about forty inches. 



Habitat. South Australia. 



References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 217 ; Gould, Mamm. 

 Austr. i. pis. lix. (head), Ix. 



Family IV. PHALANGERID^. 



All the feet with five digits, those of the fore limbs generally 

 subequal ; those of the hind limbs syndactylous, fairly stout and 

 well developed ; fourth toe the longest, the fifth but little smaller ; 



