SYNOPSIS or THE 



Sub-Division II. Cutting-teeth^; the lower very long; 

 canines in the lower-jaw, very small or wanting. 



Genus IV. Phalangista. 



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Cutting-teeth | ; canine ^a or %^ ; false grinders If or 

 grinders f| or ||. ; head elongate ; forehead convex ; feet 

 five-toed, not united to the body by the skin of the sides ; 

 tail naked or covered with hair. 



* Tail naked or scaly, prehensile. 



503. 1. P. ik/ac2/^a?a (Spotted Phalanger.) Fur whitish, 

 spotted with brown or black, size of a Cat. 



Didelphis Orientalis, Gmelin, Sys. Nat. Cuscus Amboi- 

 nensis, Lacepede. Phalangista Maculata, Geoffroy, Col. 

 Mus. Par. Desmar. Mam. 266. Balantia Orientalis, Illiger, 

 Prod. 78. 



Phalanger male, Buf. Hist. Nat. xii. Surinam-Rat. 

 Cosceoes of the Natives. 



Icon. Buffon, H. iV. xiii. ^.11. Ency. Method, t. 24. f. 1. 



Inhab. Molluca, Java. 



504. 2. P. Rufa (Red Phalanger.) Fur reddish or 

 whitish, with a darker dorsal line. 



Didelphis Orientalis, Var. Gmelin, Sys. Nat. Phalangista 

 Rufa, and Alba, Geoff. Col. Mus. Par. P. Rufa, Desm. 

 Mam. 266. 



Phalanger, femelle, Buffon, Hist. Nat. xni. 



Icon. Buffon, H. N.xiii. t. 10. Ency. Method, t. 24. / 2. 



Inhab. Molluca, Java. 



505. 3. P. Papuensis, body a,ho\e gray; beneath yellow- 

 ish-white ; upper part of the head gray ; throat and chest 

 white ; upper part of the extremities brown ; ears very 

 small, hairy. 



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