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Genus PHALANGER. 



Phalanger, Storr Prodr. Method. Mamm., p. 33 (17S0)*. 

 Phalangista, Et. Geoff. St. Hil. Bull. Soc. Philom., i, p. 106 (1796}*. 

 Cuscus, Lesson et Garnot Voy. Coquille Zool., p. 150 (1826^. 



Phalanger orientaiis. 



Didelphys orientaiis, Pallas Miscell. Zool, p. 59 (1766)*. 



Phalanger orientaiis, Storr Prodr. Method. Mamm., p. 33 (17S0)* ; Thomas 



Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 20I. 

 Phalangista alba, Et. Geoff. St. Hil. Cat. Mamm. Mus. Hist. Nat., p 14S 



(1803)*. 

 Cuscus orientaiis, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 84 (1843). 



Distribution. — Timor and the Islands to the east of New 

 Guinea. 



a. Skin, skull Calcutta Exhibition, 



Phalanger celebensis. 



Cuscus celebensis, Gray P. Z. S., p. 105, pi. Ixii (1858).! 

 Phalanger celebensis, Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 206. ! 



Distribution. — Celebes and the Sanghir Isles. 



a. Skin, skull Northern^Territory ? Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] 



b. Skin, skeleton W. Rutledge. 



Genus PHASCOLARCTUS. 



Phascolarctus, Blainmlle Bull. Soc. Philo7n., p. 46 (181 6)*. 

 Lipurus, Goldftiss Isis, p. 271 {1819). 



Phascolarctus cinereus. 



Lipurus cinereus, Goldfuss Isis, p. 271 (1819). 

 Phascolarctus fuscus, Desmarest Mamm., i, p. 276 (1820). 

 Phascolarctus cinereus, Fischer Syn. Mamm., p. 285 (1829) ; Gould Mat)nn. 

 Austr., i, pis. xiii, xiv ; Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 210. 



Distribution. — Eastern Australia from Queensland to Victoria. 



a. StulTed New South Wales No history. 



b. Stuffed New South Wales Bengal Econ. Mus, 



c. Skull ^ Purchased. 



d-e. 2 Skulls Victoria Calcutta Exhibition, 



/. Skeleton New South Wales Purchased. 



Genus PHASCOLOMYS. 



Phascolomys, Et. Geoff. St. Hil. Ann. Mus. Paris, ii, p. 364 (1803). 

 Wombatus, Desmarest N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., ist ed., xxiv, p. 20 i,i8o3)*. 



