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of a reddish grey. The under part white under the chin 

 and on the upper lip. Throat marked with a brownish 

 spot. The ears are covered externally with greyish-red 

 hairs. The cheeks are marked with a small white spot, 

 scarcely visible behind the eye. The tail is reddish at the 

 base, then brown, and the extremity covered with white 

 hairs. 



An individual in the collection of the French Museum, 

 smaller and younger probably than the above description, 

 will agree with it ; the upper part of the pelt being brown ; 

 also the upper part of the tail, the extremity of which is, 

 however, white. The circle of the eye, the fore paws, and 

 the sides, are tinted with red. The ears are rounded ; red 

 within, and white at the base. 



Habitat. — Van Diemen's Land. 



The second tribe of the Phalangers, of which some natu- 

 ralists make a genus, is the PetauristjE, or Flying Pha- 

 langers. In these, the upper incisors are arranged some- 

 thing in the form of a horse-shoe ; are a little compressed, 

 and placed vertically. The two intermediate ones are the 

 longest, and are pointed. They are also separated from 

 each other at their base, and convergent towards the point. 

 The two following are large with flat coronals ; and the 

 last on each side is smaller than the second. The lower 

 incisors are strong, inclining with the external edge 

 trenchant, and resting on the incisors above. The upper 

 canines are long, conic, and curved. The lower canines are 

 sometimes wanting, sometimes replaced by two very small 

 obtuse teeth, cylindrical, and scarcely projecting. There 

 is a bar between the canines or incisors, and molars in the 

 two jaws. Of the upper molars there are four true, with 

 coronals, furnished with triquetted points, and obtuse ; 

 and two or three are false. Of the lower, four are true, 

 and two false. 



The head is moderately elongated; the ears and eyes 



