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( ATALOCIH': OK MAMMALS irv«)M NEW GUINEA. 



of the body rather greyish from the dark colour of the l)ase of 

 tiie fur on that part of the body ; the tij) of tlic tail whitish, 

 aud the under part of the u])per surface near the tij), with a nar- 

 row streak ending some way down the middle of the under side 

 of the tail, bliick ; the under side of the tip of the tail is bald, 

 hut scarcely callous ; the feet flesh-coloured, with few scattered short 

 whitish hairs ; the ears uakedish, black when dry, 

 Hab. Aru Island {Wallace). 



a. A female. 

 lace. 



Aru Island : lives on fruit. 



Order CETE. 



" Teeth '^." — Wal- 



Fam. IlALicoRiD.Ti;. 



IIalicore Australis. 



HaUcore Aiistralis, Owen in Jukes's Voyage of the Fly, ii. 323. 

 f. 135, 1S47; Gray, Voy. Samarang, 33 ; Fairholmc, Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. ISoC), 352. 



Hab. Timor Straits. 



Order UNGULATA. 

 Fam. Elephantid.e. 



Sus Papuensis. The Bene. 



Siis Papuensis, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, t. 8 ; Miiller, Verb. t. ; 

 Gray, List Mam. B.M. 185. 



Hab. New Guinea (Lesson). Called ' Bene.' 



a. Adult male. New Guinea. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



List of Mammalia of New Guinea and neighbouring countries. 



** indicates that there is a specimen of the species in the Museum for the 



locality indicated. 



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Macacus Cynomolgos 



nigor 



Tarsius spectrum 



Ptcropus edulis 



funcreus 



])haiops 



Alecto 



Chrysoproctus .. 



Macklotii 



argentatus 



pcrsouatus 



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