MAMMALIA. 617 



WATERHOUSE Mammal, i. p. 274; Moluccan Islands, New Guinea; Pha- 

 langista cavifrons TEMM., Didelphis orientalis GM., Phalangista rufa 

 GEOFFB., Phalangista orientalis WATEBH., GUEBIN Icon., Mamm. PL 21, 

 fig. i, Cuv. R. Ani., ed. ill., Mamm. PL 51, fig. i; Timor, Ceram, &c. 

 These species have some analogy with Lemurids ; they do not occur in 

 New South Wales, nor in Van Diemen's Land ; yet here probably ought 

 to be placed a species from Cape York, the most northerly point of New 

 Holland: Phalangista nudicaudata GOULD, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1849, p. 

 no (according to GOULD, a species of Pseudochirus, see below). 



b) With tail prehensile, hairy, having a naked streak below at the extre- 

 mity; with ears elongate and triangular. 



Sub-genus Trichurus (Trichosurus LESSON 1 ), Phalangista. (in stricter 

 sense). 



Sp. Phalangista vulpina DESMAB., Didelphis vulpina and lemurina SHAW, 

 Phalangista Cookii F. Cuv., WATEBHOUSE Mamm. i. PL 9, fig. i ; ruddy 

 grey, end of the tail black, New Holland j Phalangista felina WAGN., 

 Phalangista fuliginosa OGILBY, GOULD Mamm. of Austr. n. PL 10; larger 

 than the preceding, usually brown with throat ruddy ; the tail is black ; 

 Van Diemen's Land. Of this division no species from the Moluccan 

 Islands are known. 



Sub-gen. Pseudochirus OGILBY. (With ears somewhat short ; with two 

 inner toes of fore feet separate from the rest.) 



Sp. Phalangista Cookii Cuv. (not F. Cuv.), DESMAB., WAGN., Phalangista 

 Banksii GBAY, Phal. viverrina OGILBT, COOK'S Voyages, vn. PL 75"*, 

 LESSON Ann. des Sc. not. xvi. pp. 282 285, PL 12, WAGN., SCHBEB. 

 Sdugeth. Suppl. in. s. 78, Tab. 155 B; grey-brown, point of the tail white j 

 New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land. 



Sub-genus Dromicia GBAY. (With true molars ^H? ; tail, except the 



hirsute base, covered with very short, close hair, naked below at the point ; 

 ears moderate, almost naked.) 



Sp. Phalangista nana GEOFFB., DESMAB., Phalang. gliriformis BELL, Trans, 

 of the Linn. Soc. xvi. PL 13, GOULD Mamm. of Austr. i. PL 8, WATEB- 

 HOUSE Nat. Lib. PL 26 ; 4" long, exclusive of the tail, which is 3" 10'" 

 long and thick at the base ; Van Diemen's Land. 



Petaurus SHAW, Phalangista ILLIG. Skin expanded at the sides 

 of the body between the arms and thighs. Tail hairy, not pre- 

 hensile, long, sometimes longer than body. 



Sp. Phalangista taguanoides, Petaurus taguanoides DESM., WATEBHOUSE 

 Natur. Library, PL 27; brown, whitish grey below; ears entirely haired, 

 moderate ; the largest species, 3.3' long, of which the tail forms the largest 

 half, New South Wales -, Phalangista petaivrus, Petaurus flaviventer 



Ann. des Sc. nat. xvi. 1829. p. 285. 



