Vol. 35, pp. 115-116 October 17, 1922 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



A NEW PHALANGER FROM CELEBES.' 

 BY GERRIT S. MILLER, JR., AND N. HOLLISTER. 



In the extensive series of Phalangers collected by Mr. H. C. 

 Raven in North and Middle Celebes, while working under the 

 auspices of Dr. W. L. Abbott, are three skins and skulls of a new 

 species, allied to Phalanger ursinus. These were taken by Mr. 

 Raven at Rano Rano in the high mountains east of Lake Lindoe 

 and north of Lake Poso, a locality where he secured several of 

 the most striking novelties in his collection, including the 

 remarkable new rodent genus Melasmothrix and the pigmy 

 tarsier {Tarsius pumilus) which we have described in previous 

 papers.2 



Phalanger furvus, sp. nov. 



Type from Rano Rano, Middle Celebes. No. 219,473, U. S. National 

 Museum, skin and skull of adult cf ; collected January 5, 1918, by H. C. 

 Raven; original number 3369. 



Diagnosis. — In general like Phalanger ursinus (Temminck), but larger, 

 with longer, softer fur (hairs on withers 50 mm. in length); ears small, 

 unmarked, and completely hidden in hairs of head; general coloration 

 black. Skull heavy with larger teeth than in P. ursinus; the larger pre- 

 molar particularly robust. 



Color of type. — Upperparts, including flanks, from eyes to naked portion 

 of tail, and outer sides of arms and legs rich glossy black; underfur and bases 

 of long hairs clear rich chestnut. Around eyes, cheeks, and chin grayish. 

 Middle underparts from throat to tail, and inner sides of arms and legs dark 

 amber brown, sharply marked from black of flanks, the hairs with dark 

 chestnut bases. An older female and a younger male are colored essentially 

 as in the type. 



Measurements of type. — Head and body, 610; tail vertebrae, 580; hind 

 foot, 120. Skull: Greatest length, 106.5; condylobasal length, 101.5; 

 zygomatic breadth, 66.2; length of nasals, 37.2; greatest breadth of both 



iPublished here by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 2Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 34, pp. 67-76, 93-104. 1921. 



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