MAMMALIA. 617 



WATEnnovsE Mammal, i. p. 274; Moluccan Islands, NewGuiuea; — Pha- 

 langista cavifrons Temm., DidelpMs orientalls Gm., Phalanglsta rufa 

 Geoffe., Phalangista orientalis Watebh., Guerin Icon., Mamm. PI. 21, 

 fig. I, Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Mamm. PI. 51, fig. i; Timor, Geram, &c. 

 These species have some analogy with Lemurids ; they do not occur in 

 New South Wales, nor in Van Diemen's Land ; yet here probably ought 

 to be placed a species from Cape York, the most northerly point of New 

 Holland: Phalangista ■nudlcaudata Gould, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1849, p. 

 no (according to Gould, a species of PseudocJiirics, see below). 



b) WitJi tail prehensile, hairy, having a naJced streaJc below at the extre- 

 mity; with ears elongate and triangular. 



Sub-genus Trichiirus {Trichosurus Lesson i), Phalangista (in stricter 

 sense). 



Sp. Phalangista vulpina Desmar., Dldelphis vulpina and lemurina Shaw, 

 Phalangista CooMi F. Cuv., Waterhouse Blamm. 1. PI. 9, fig. i ; ruddy 

 grey, end of the tail black, New Holland ; — Phalangista felina Wagn,, 

 Phcdangista fuliginosa Ogilby, Gould Mamm. of Austr. 11. PI. 10; larger 

 than the preceding, usually brown with throat ruddy ; the tail is black ; 

 Van Diemen's Land. Of this division no species from the Moluccan 

 Islands are known. 



Sub-gen. Pscudochirus Ogilbt. (With ears somewhat short ; with two 

 inner toes of fore feet separate from the rest.) 



Sp. Phcdangista Coohii Cuv. (not F. Cuv.), Desmar., Wagn., Phalangista 

 Banksii Gray, Phcd. viverrina Ogilby, Cook's Voyages, vii. PI. 75**, 

 Lesson An7i. des Sc. nat. xvi. pp. 282 — 285, PI. 12, Wagn., Schreb. 

 Sciugeih. Suppl. ill. s. 78, Tab. 155 B; grey-brown, point of the tail white j 

 New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land. 



Sub-genus Dromicia Gray. (With true molars 2ZP ; tail, except the 



3-3 

 hirsute base, covered with very short, close hair, naked below at the point ; 

 ears moderate, almost naked.) 



Sp. Phalangista nana Geopfr., Desmar., Phalang. gliriformis Bell, Trans, 

 of the Linn. Soc. xvi. PI. 13, Gould Mamm. of Austr. i. PI. 8, Water- 

 house Nat. Lib. PL 26; 4" long, exclusive of the tail, which is 3" 10'" 

 long and thick at the base ; Van Diemen's Land. 



Petaurus Shaw, Phalangista Illig. Skin expanded at the sides 

 of the body between the arms and thighs. Tail hairy, not pre- 

 hensile, long, sometimes longer than body. 



Sp. Phalangista taguanoides, Petaurus tagiianoides Desm., Waterhouse 

 Natur. Library, PI. 27; brown, whitish grey below; ears entirely haired, 

 moderate ; the largest species, 3.3' long, of which the tail forms the largest 

 half. New South Wales ; — Phalangista petaurus, Petaurus Jlaviventer 



^ Ann. des Sc. nat. xvr. 1829. p. 285. 



