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1206 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY, 
one known genus: Size small; form slender; head long and 
narrow; ears of moderate size, thinly haired; soles of feet 
naked and granulated. Claws rudimentary, except those of the 
united second and third toes of the hind foot; tail long, thinly 
haired, and prehensile. Four teats. Upper canine and lower 
incisor teeth comparatively well-developed ; at most but three 
pairs of molar teeth, and the premolars represented only by the 
last of the series in the upper jaw. ‘The slender lower jaw is 
remarkable among Marsupials for the absence of any inflection 
of its hinder angle—a feature doubtless due to extreme 
specialisation and the general feebleness of the skull and jaws. 
THE LONG-SNOUTED PHALANGER. TARSIPES ROSTRATUS. 
Larsipes rvostratus, Gervais and Verreaux, Proc. Zool. Soc., 
1842, p. 1; Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 133 
(1888). 
Tarsipes spensere, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol.i., p. 40 
(1842). 
Characters—Tur short, coarse, and rough; naked area of 
nose sharply defined, and finely granulated. General colour 
grey, striped with black or brown; under-parts yellowish-white; 
an indistinct pale area round each eye; legs grey ; feet white ; 
ears rounded; soles of feet with five pads; fourth and fifth 
toes of hind foot disproportionately long, and almost clawless, 
like the first toe ; second and third toes of hind foot very com- 
pletely united. Tail brown above, white or pale yellow on the 
sides and below, with the extreme tip naked. Length of head 
and body about 3 inches; of tail 4 inches. 
Distribution. West Australia. 
Habits— The Long-snouted Phalanger, which derives its scien- 
tific name from a certain resemblance of its hind feet to those 
