36 DROMICIA. 



2. DROMICIA NANA, Desmarest, sp. (1817). 

 Common Dormouse-Opossum. 



Size large ; form rather thick and clumsy. Fur thick and soft, 

 rather woolly. Rhinarium naked, finely granulated. General 

 color above uniform dull fawn, below slate color, tipped with 

 dirty white. Dark eye-mark indistinct. Ears large, narrow, 

 evenly oval. Limbs gray ; hands brown, feet whitish. Tail 

 rather long ; the basal inch incrassated. 



Dimensions. Head and body about four inches; tail rather more. 

 Habitat. Tasmania. 



References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 144, pis. xv. figs. 5 (sole}, 



6 (palm), 7 (back of hand) ; xvi. figs. 6 flipper view of skull j, 



7 (dentition} ; Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pis. xxvi. xxix. 



3. DROMICIA LEPIDA, Thomas (1888). 



Lesser Dormouse-Opossum. 



Size small ; form slender and graceful. Fur fine, soft, and 

 silky. Rhinarium finely granulated. General color above pale 

 bright fawn, below dark slaty tipped with white. Dark eye- 

 mark inconspicuous. Ears large and broad ; almost naked. 

 Palms and soles naked, finely granulated. Tail rather long, the 

 basal half inch furry. 



Dimensions. Head and body rather less than the tail which 

 is about three inches. 



Habitat. Tasmania. 



References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 142, pis. xv. fig. 8 (ear}: 

 xvi. figs. 2 (palatal vieiv of skull), 3 (upper view of do.), 4 & 5 

 (dentition). 



Genus X. ACROBATES, Desmarest (1817). 



Si/.e very small. Ears medium. Flanks with a narrow flying 

 membrane. Toes of normal proportions, all provided with a 

 broadened, striated, terminal pad ; length of fore toes as follows 

 4, 3, 5, 2, 1. Claws sharp and well developed, though but little 

 prominent. Tail with a broad fringe of hairs on each side. 

 Mamrnse four. 



TX .... T 1-2.3 r, 1 Tj 1.0.3.4 -m/r 1.2.3 -i / 0,0 if 



Dentition. I. j-^, C. 5, P. ^-^ M. j-^ = 16 + 2 x 2 == 30, 

 Habits. Arboreal ; insectivorous. 



1. ACROBATES PYGM^EUS, Shaw, sp. (1794). 

 Pigmy Flying-Opossum. 



Form very light and delicate. Fur soft, straight, and silky. 

 Rhinarium naked and well-defined. General color above grayish- 



