SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Didelphis Petaurus, ShaWy Gm. Zool. Petaurus Tagua- 

 noicles, Z>e^m. Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. xxv. 400. Phalangista 

 Petaurus, Illiger, Prod. 78. Petaurista Tauguanoides, Desm. 

 Mamm. i. 269. Phalanger Tauguanoides, Geof. Col. Mus. 

 Var. 



The Southern Petaurus, Shaw, Zool. Misc. Hepoona Koo, 

 White, Journal of a Voy. N. S. W. 208. Grand Phalanger 

 Volant, Guv. Reg. Anim. 



Icon. Shaw, Zool. i. t. 112. White, Journal, t. Shaw, 

 Nat. Misc. t. 60. 



Inhabits Port Jackson, 



512. 2. P. Macroura (Large-tailed Petaurista). Fur 

 gray-brown above, whitish beneath ; tail thick ; longer 

 than the body ; base brown, end black. 



Didelphis Macroura, Shaw, Gen. Zool. i. 113. Petaurus 

 Macrourus, Desm. Diet. Hist. Nat. xxv. 402. 



Phalanger Volant a grande queue, Cwv. Reg. Anim. 1. 

 180. 



Icon. Shaw, New Holland Zoology, t. 12. Shaw, Gen. 

 Zool. t. 113. Ejicy. Method. Supp. t.8.f. 4. 



Inhab. New Holland. 



513. 3. P. Flaviventer (YeUow-heUiedFetAuristsL). Fur 

 chesnut-brown above, yellowish-white beneatli ; tailches- 

 nut-brown, round; a little longer than the body 



, Petaurus Flaviventer, Desm. Diet. Hist. Nat. xxv. 403, 

 Petaurista Flaviventer, Geoff. MSS. Desm. M«???.2G9. 



Icon. 



Inhab. New Holland- 



514. 4. P. Sciurea (Squirrel Petaurisia). Fur abovo 

 ash-gray, edges of the parachute and dorsal lino deep- 

 brown; beneath white; head, yellow-gray; tail, reddish 

 gray at its base, end black, crown revolute. 



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