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THE RING-TAILED PHALANGERS, yy 
tip, with the sharply defined naked inferior portion extending 
nearly half the length, and coarsely granulated in old ex- 
amples. 
Distribution. New Guinea. 
| VIII. SCHLEGEL’S PHALANGER. PSEUDOCHIRUS SCHLEGELI. 
Pseudochirus schlegelt, Jentink, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. vi., 
p. 110 (1884) ; Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 180 
(1888). 
Characters.-Size considerably less than in any of the pre- 
ceding species; fur thick and woolly ; form light and slender. 
General colour dull silvery grey; under-parts yellow, tinged 
with rufous ; stripe on back inconspicuous ; fur coloured like 
back ; no streak on forehead ; a pale spot below the ear. Tail 
coloured like the back, minus the rufous tinge, with the extreme 
tip naked all round, and thus different from that of every other 
member of the genus. 
Distribution.—North-western New Guinea. 
IX. HOARY PHALANGER. PSEUDOCHIRUS CANESCENS. 
Phalangista (Pseudochirus) canescens, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. 
Mamm., vol. 1., p. 305 (1846). 
Phalangista bernsteint, Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. iii., 
P- 357 (1866). 
Phalangista grisescens, Peters, Ann. Mus. Genov., vol. vi., p. 
303 (1874). 
Pseudochirus canescens, Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 
181 (1888), 
Characters.— May be distinguished from the last species as 
follows: Tail naked on under surface of tip for two or three 
inches ; face paler than back, brownish-yellow ; forehead with 
a dark median streak ; no pale spot below ear. 
Distribution. North-western New Guinea. 
