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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. 
Pseudochirus occidentalis, Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., 
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 12 inches. 
Distribution.—Western Australia. 
This species may be regarded as the western representative 
of the preceding one. 
V. TASMANIAN RING-TAILED PHALANGER PSEUDOCHIRUS 
COOKI, 
Phalangista cooki, Desmarest, Nouv. Dict. dHist. Nat., 
vol. xxv., p. 476 (1817). 
Phalangista viverrina, Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1837, p. 131. 
Pseudochirus cookt, 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. Lars 
large, rounded, the anterior part of the back brown, the pos- 
