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Dimensions. Head and body about thirty-two inches. 

 Habitat. Eastern Australia. 



References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 210 ; Gould, Mamm. 

 Austr. i. pis. xiii. (head), xiv. 



Subfamily II. PHALANGERIN.E. 



Australian Opossums. 



Tail well developed, generally prehensile. Muzzle short and 

 broad. Tongue not extensile. No cheek-pouches. Ccecum 

 present, large. Stomach simple. Teeth large. 



Genus II. PHALANGER, Storr (1780). 



Size large or medium ; form stout. Fur thick and woolly. 

 Ears medium or short. Flanks without flying-membrane. Fore 

 toes subequal, their lengths in the following relative order 

 4, 3, 5, 2, 1. Claws long, stout, and curved. Soles naked, 

 striated ; pads large and ill-defined. Tail strong, its terminal 

 portion naked all round, smooth or granulated, prehensile. 

 Mammae four. 



/-> , . T 1.2.3 pi 1 T> 1.03.4 -\r 1.2.3.4- -i /? . i . . .) A A 



Dentition. 1. T ^, C. , P. T ^, M. ^4=16 + 4 x 2 = 40. 

 Habits. Arboreal ; phytophagous. 



1. PHALANGER MACULATUS, E. Geoffroy, sp. (1803). 



Spotted Cuscus. 



Size large. Fur soft. Top of muzzle above rhinarium thinly 

 haired. Ears small, thinly clothed both inside and outside with 

 soft woolly hair. General colors above various combinations of 

 white, rufous, and black ; below white tinged with yellow or 

 rufous. Tail generally deep yellow, furry from one-half to three- 

 fourths of its length above, and from one-third to one-half below. 



Dimensions. Head and body about twenty -six inches ; tail 

 about nineteen inches. 



Habitat. Northern Australia (Cape York District); Southern 

 New Guinea ; Austro-Malayan subregion from Saleyer eastward. 



References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 197, pi. xxi. fig. 2 (ear); 

 Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pi. xxi. ( ? ). 



Genus III. TRICHOSURUS, Lesson (1828). 



Size large ; form stout. Fur thick and woolly. Ears medium 

 or short. Flanks without Hying membrane. Fore toes subequal, 

 their lengths in the following relative order 4, 3, 2, 5, 1. 

 Claws large and strong. Soles thickly hairy under the heels ; the 

 rest naked, with low rounded ill-defined pads. Tail strong, its 



