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without a nail; tail naked in some, and in others covered with 
hair. Females with an abdominal pouch. 
Sub-Division J. — Tail naked or scaly and prehensile. 
Plialangista rufa. — The Red Phalanger. 
Plate XVII. fig. 7. 
Fur reddish chestnut, with a darker dorsal line. 
Sub-Division II. — Tail hairy and prehensile. 
Plialangista Cookii. — Cook’s Phalanger. 
Plate XVII. fig. 8. 
Fur brown or reddish-gray above ; white beneath; tail brown 
next the base, and white towards the point. Size of a Polecat. 
Inhabits Van Dieman’s Land. 
Genus 7. — Petaurista.— Cuvier. 
Generic Character. —Incisors canines or grinders 
f-f or l-l ; total 32 or 34. The lower incisors are horizontal; 
head somewhat elongated; eyes small; ears long; feet short) 
with five toes •, the posterior with a large thumb, without a nail; 
the two first toes short, united by a common skin; claws com¬ 
pressed and arched; skin of the sides extending and uniting the 
extremities, so as to form a kind of parachute ; tail long, hairy, 
and not prehensile. 
Sub-Division I.—Tail round. 
Petaurista taguanoides. — The Flying Petaurista. 
Plate IX. fig. 10. 
Fur gray-brown, soft and shining above; throat and chest 
white; tail yellowish-brown at the base, darker towards the tip. 
Inhabits New Holland, at Port-Jackson. 
