288 LLOYD’S NATURAL EISTORY. 
Distribution.— Queensland. 
Habits—Mr D. Le Souef (Victorian Naturalist, vol. xi., p. 11, 
1894) writes that “the Tree-climbing Kangaroo (Dendrolagus 
bennettianus) is generally found on or near the top of the 
ranges, where the timber is not so high or difficult to climb. 
They remain during the day on the highest branches of a tree, 
and descend at night to pass from one tree to another. They 
seem to feed on birds’ nest ferns, leaves of certain trees, 
creepers, and probably on wild fruits.” 
FAMILY PHALANGERID (sugra, p. 75). 
GENUS PHALANGER (supra, p. 86). 
IIIa. SHORT-HEADED CUSCUS. PHALANGER BREVICEPS, 
Phalanger ortentalts, var. breviceps, Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. 
Mus., p. 204 (1888). 
Phalanger breviceps, Thomas, Novitat. Zool. ii., p. 165 (1895). 
This form is now recognised by its describer as a distinct 
species. 
Habitat—New Britain Group, and Solomon Islands as far 
east as San Christoval. 
GENUS PSEUDOCHIRU 3 (szra, p. 92). 
XI. DAHL’S RING-TAILED PH\LANGER. PSEUDOCHIRUS DAHLI. 
Pseudochirus dahli, Collett, Zool. Anzeiger, 1895, p. 464. 
Characters —Size large ; fur long and woolly ; general colour 
reddish-grey above, with middle line of forehead blackish ; tail 
more rufous, without white tip; chest-spot rufous. Head 
small; tail very short, about half the length of the body, with 
the tip almost naked ; ears short ; muzzle very narrow. Orbital 
ridges of skull parallel, and not uniting behind ; large vacuities 
in hinder part of palate. Incisors and molars stout ; interme- 
diite teeth feebly developed or wanting ; second upper incisor 
