PETAURUS 33 
chest, belly, and inner side of limbs white or pale yellow, Three 
black stripes above, the median one from the occiput along the 
back and tail, broadest centrally ; the lateral stripes commencing 
on the sides of the snout passing along the neck and back, and 
sending off-shoots downwards in front of the shoulder, and along 
the limbs to the hands and feet, which are brown. Soles finely 
granulated. Pads large, rounded, and finely striated, except the 
carpal pad, which is narrow, smooth, and unstriated. Terminal 
third of tail wholly black, or with a prominent white tip ; its 
naked part more than an inch in length. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about twelve inches ; tail about 
thirteen inches. 
Habitat.—Central Queensland to Waigiou. 
References.—Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 160, pls. xvii. fig. 1 
(hand) ; xxi. fig. 1 (sole showing pads) ; Gould, Mamm., Austr. i.? 
Genus VII.—PETAURUS, Shaw (1791). 
Size medium or small. Fur very soft and silky. Ears fairly 
large, oval, nearly naked. Flanks with a broad flying-membrane. 
Fore toes evenly lengthening outwardly, the fifth being the longest 
in the larger species, the fourth in the smaller. Claws very 
strong, sharp, and much curved. Tail long, evenly bushy every- 
where. Sexual crown- and chest-glands present. 
ope 4.23 1 1.0.3.4 1.2.3.4 
a = = Es aid oe . 
Dentition.—I. iaw OH Tore M. isc4 = 16+4 x 2=40 
Habits.—Arboreal ; phytophagous. 
1. Peraurus AusTRALIs, Shaw (1791). 
Yellow-bellied Flying-Opossum. 
Size large. Fur long. Rhinarium large, naked, finely granu- 
lated. General color above brown, variously marked with orange 
and black; below, chin and inner sides of wrists and ancles 
blackish ; rest of under surface deep orange. Ears long, narrow, 
naked inside and terminally outside, with a prominent yellow 
patch along the posterior margins. Median line of back and 
upper surface of parachutes dark brown ; edges of the latter 
orange, except near its origin and insertion where it is broadly 
fringed with black. Hands and feet above black. Palms and 
soles naked and finely striated, the pads broad, rounded, ill-defined. 
Length of fore toes as follows—5, 4, 3, 2,1. Tail very long, 
very bushy, gray above ; below at the base orange, darkening to 
black at the tip. Mamme two? 
Dimensions.—Head and body about twelve inches ; tail about 
seventeen inches. 
Habitat.—Coast ranges of New South Wales and Victoria, 
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