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rank, and therefore far more palatable than that of the True 

 Phalangers. From Adelaide it is stated that from two to three 

 thousand skins of this species are annually exported to 

 London. 



IV. WESTERN RING-TAILED PHALANGER. PSEUDOCHIRUS 



OCCIDENTALIS. 



Pseiidochirus occidefitalis^ Thomas, Cat. Mavsup. Brit. Mur., 

 p. 178 (1888). 



Characters. — Size moderate. General colour deep smoky 

 grey ; under-parts white. Ears thinly haired, with the white 

 spot on the hinder margin small ; feet darker than the rest of 

 the limbs ; tail with the white tip extending to a length of five 

 or six inches, and the naked inferior portion smooth and about 

 four inches in length. Length of head and body about 13 

 inches ; of tail 1 2 inches. 



Distribution. — Western Australia. 



This species may be regarded as the western representative 

 of the preceding one. 



V. TASMANIAN RING-TAILED PHALANGER PSEUDOCHIRUS 



COOKI. 



Phalajigista cooki, Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 



vol. XXV., p. 476 (1817). 

 Fhalafigisia viverrina, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1837, p. 131. 

 Pseudochirus cooki, Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 176 



(1888). 



{Plate XIII.) 



Characters. — Size moderate ; fur very close, thick, and woolly. 

 General colour dark smoky brown ; under-parts white. Ears 

 large, rounded, the anterior part of the back brown, the pos- 



