PETAURUS SCIUREUS. 289 



P. sciureus (Belideus.) In the figure given by Shaw 

 in his New Holland Zoology, which is said to he of 

 the natural size, the ears are represented as large, 

 and the tail is slender, and nearly twice the length 

 of the head and body taken together. I strongly 

 suspect it is the young of Petaurus flaviventer : if 

 it be full grown, the great length of the tail, and 

 especially the comparative slenderness of this organ, 

 and the small size of the animal, would indicate that 

 it is very distinct from either of the other species here 

 described. 



SQUIRREL-LIKE PETAURUS. 

 Petaurus sciureus. 

 PLATK XXVIII. 



Didelphis sciurea, Shaw. Zoology of New Holland, Tab. II, 



p. 29. 

 Petaurus sciureus, Desm. Diction. D'Hist. Nat. 2d Edit. Tom. 



25, p. 403. 



Ears moderate, nearly naked excepting at the base 

 externally, where they are furnished with fur of the 

 same character as that of the head, and of a blackish 

 colour, with the exception of those hairs which spring 

 from the posterior margin, which are white ; tail 

 about equal to the head and body in length ; and, 

 owing to the great length of the fur with which it is 

 furnished, nearly equal to it in breadth; fur extremely 

 soft and of moderate length ; general tint of the upper 

 parts ashy-grey ; a blackish line extends from near 



