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X. Description of a new Species of Phalangista. By Thomas 



Bell, Esq., F.R.S. ^ L.S. 



Bead November 4, 1828. 



Ordo. Marsupiata. 

 Genus. Phalangista. Geoffrey. 



Phalangista gliriformis. 



Tab. XIII. XIV. 



P. DORso rufo-cinereo, guldfulvd, macule post aurem utrinque 



alb4 : auribus nudis. 

 Habitat in Australia. 



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 vibrissae, 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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