﻿THE KING-TAILED PHALANGERS. 



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terior margin usually white; feet dark brown or black; tail 

 dark brown, with from two to four inches of the tip white, and 

 the naked inferior portion smooth, and from three to five 

 inches in length. Length of head and body about 14 inches : 

 of tail nearly the same. 



Distribution. — Tasmania. 



While the common Ring-tailed Phalanger, with which, as 

 already mentioned, the present species was largely confounded, 

 was discovered during Cook's first voyage, the one under con- 

 sideration was obtained in the third expedition of the great 

 navigator. 



VI. YEI LOW PHALANGER. PSEUDOCHIRUS ARCHERI. 



Fhalan<:;ista {Pseudochirus) archeri, Collett, Proc. Zool. Soc, 

 1884, p. 381. 



Pseudochirus archeri, Collett, Zool. Jahrbuch, vol. ii., p. 912 



(1887); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 177 



(1888). 



This and all the remaining members of the genus differ from 

 the five preceding species in the shortness of the ears, which 

 are broader than long ; while, with the exception of the presen 

 species, the tail is not tipped with white. 



Characters. — Size moderate; fur soft, close, and thick. General 

 colour grizzled greyish-green ; chin greyish-white ; under-parts 

 pure white ; a distinct pale yellow spot above, and another 

 below the eyes. Ears very short, broader than long, rounded, 

 their posterior edges and a spot beneath the base white. Nape 

 and back with a dark median line, bordered by two indistinctly 

 dark-edged wh'.tish lines. Tail with the terminal third white, 

 and the inferior naked portion less than half the total length. 

 Length of head and body about 14 inches; of tail 13 inches. 

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