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narrow, of a pale flesh colour, nearly naked on the 

 inner side ; externally they are furnished with woolly 

 fur like that of the body, hut of a smoky black colour, 

 excepting near the outer margin, where they are of 

 a dirty white colour; the apical portion (a space of 

 about 4- lines) is naked, and a narrow naked space 

 extends down the outer margin. All the fur of the 

 body is whitish at the base. Length from nose to 

 root of tail, 16 inches 6 lines ; tail, 13 inches 6 lines ; 

 nose to ear, 3 inches 2 lines ; ear, 2 inches 3 lines. 

 The above description is taken from a specimen 

 in the British Museum, which certainly appears to 

 be the same species as that figured in M. M. 

 Geoffrey and F. Cuvier's work, under the name of 

 P. Cookii, but this name has been long used for a 

 very different animal. The present species very 

 nearly agrees with the P. vulpina, but I am inclined 

 to agree with Mr. J. Gray that it is distinct, and have 

 therefore adopted his MS. name. 



YELLOW-FOOTED PHALANGER. 



Phalangista xanthopus. 



Phalangista xanthopus, OgiVby. Proceedings of the Zoolo- 

 gical Society of London for September 1831, p. 135. 



Ears long and somewhat pointed, nearly naked 

 within ; externally densely clothed with fur like that 

 of the head, but for the most part of a white colour, 

 on the fore part of the base, however, the fur is 

 black; the apex and space near the outer margin are 



