108 CUSCUS MACüLATUS. 



1826. Cuscus maculatus Lesson et Garnot. Voyage de la 

 Coquille. Zoölogie. I. p. 150. pi. IV; Cuscus ma- 

 crourus Lesson et Garnot. 1. e. p. 156. pi. V. 



1827. Phalangista chrysorrhos Teraminck. Mammalogie. T. 

 L p. 12. PI. I, figs. 4, 5, 6; PI. III, figs. 1, 2, 

 3, 4, 5. 



1846. Phalangista (Cuscus) chrysorrhos Waterhouse. Mar- 



supiata. Vol. I. p. 271; Phalangista [Cuscus) ma- 



culata Waterhouse. 1. e. p. 274; Cuscus macrourus 



Waterhouse. 1. c. p. 277. 

 1849. Phalangista nudicaudata Gould. P. Z. S. L. p. 110. 

 1858. Cuscus brevicaudatus Gray. P. Z. S. L. p. 102. 

 1861. Cuscus (Eucuscus) brevicaudatus Gray. P. Z. S. L. 



p. 316; Cuscus (Spilocuscus) chrysorrhos Gray. 1. c. 



p. 317; Cuscus (Spilocuscus) maculatus Gray. 1. c. 



p. 318. 

 1866. Cuscus maculatus, var: ochropus Gray. P. Z. S. L. 



p. 220. 

 1881. Phalangista (Cuscus) maculata Peters e Doria. Ann. 



Mus. ciT. Gen. XVI. p. 21. 



Sexes difi'erently colored ; males spotted , females without 

 spots. Ears short, hidden by the fur, externally and in- 

 ternally densely clothed with long hairs. Dental formula: 

 T 3 n I p 1 lyr „4 



-•-• 17 ^' 5 ^- T 1 ^^^' f 



All the authors writing] on this species have followed 

 Waterhouse and overlooked that Is. Geofïroy St. Hilaire 

 described it, several years before Desmarest wrote, in the 

 following excellent way : » Le Phalanger tachete. Phalan- 

 »gista maculata. Caract. Pelage blanchatre , tachete de brun ; 

 »deux incisives latérales a la machoire inférieure. Descript. 

 » Pelage des parties supérieures du corps d'un blanc-jau- 

 » natre tachete de brun ; les deux dents latérales d'en haut 

 » très-grandes et triangulaires , remplissant presque I'inter- 



that of a young Cuscus maculatus. This pi. 8 is a copy of Temminck's plate , 

 hence the same mistake (cf. Quoy et Gaimard. 1. c. p. 60). 



^otes from tlie Leydeu ]>Auseu.iu, \^ol. VII. 



