NEW PHALANGER FROM NORTH QUEENSLAND.— LONGMAN. 23 



Tail longer than those of our specimens of lemuroides, evenly clothed with fur 

 like a Trichosurus ; portion naked underneath not so long as head ; extreme tip- 

 naked all round. 



The skin of the male specimen is not in good condition, but no definite/ 

 colour differences are manifested by the sexes. 



Skull and teeth closely resembling our series of P. lemuroides. Across the 

 zygomatic processes the new species is relatively wider, and the nasals reach 

 almost to the base of the first incisor. The naso-premaxillary suture exceeds that 

 of the naso-maxillary. The lower jaw has on each side a distinct foramen in the 

 masseteric fossa, a feature which, although inconstant in many of the Phalan- 

 geridce, is apparently not found in P. lemuroides. Taking into consideration the 

 points above noted, P. cervinus otherwise presents almost a facsimile of the skulL 

 and lower jaw of P. lemuroides as figured by Collett (loc. cit.). 



Skull dimensions: ( <$ ) Length 55 mm. ; width 38 mm. ; max. length nasals 

 16 mm., greatest breadth 8 mm., least breadth 3-3; length of anterior palatal 

 vacuities (foramina incisiva) 4 mm. 



In this specimen the suture between the basi- and pre-sphenoid bones is 

 obliterated by postero-lateral processes of the vomer which apparently unite 

 with pterygoid extensions; it is thus impossible accurately to obtain the facial 

 index. 



Loc: Atherton Tableland, North Queensland. 



Type in Queensland Museum: Reg. No. J14/2016. 



