SYNOPSIS OF THE 



Didelphis Sciurea, Shaw, Zool. of New Holland, 29 ; Gen^ 

 Zool. 1 ; Petaurus Sciureus, Desm. Diet. Hist. Nat. xxv. 

 403. Phalangista Sciurea, Eliger's Prod. 78. Petaurista 

 Sciurea, Desm. Mamm. i. 270. 



Norfolk Island Squirrel, Pennant, Quad. Squirrel Opos- 

 sum, Shaw, Zool. 



Icon. Shaw. New Hal. Zool. t. ii ; Gen. Zool. 1. 1. 113. 



Inhab. New Holland. 



515. 5. P. Peronii (Peron's Petaurista). Body brown 

 above, white beneath ; parachute above brown, varied with 

 gray, legs white ; end of tail white. 



Didelphis Sciurea Var. Shaw, Gen. Zool. Petaurus Pe- 

 ronii, Desm. Diet. Hist. Nat. xxv. 404. Petaurista Peronii, 

 Desm. Mamm. i. 270. 



Icon. • 



Inhab. New Holland. 



*** Tail feathery. 



516. 6. P. Pygmea (Pygmea Petaurista). Fur uniform, 

 mouse-gray ; with a reddish cast on the back, and a white 

 one beneath. 



Didelphis Pygmea, Shaw, Zool. Nat. Hist. 5. Gen. Zool. i. 

 Petaurista Pygmseus, Desm. Diet. Hist. Nat. v. 405. Pha- 

 langista Pygmea, Geoff. Col. Mus. Var. Desm. Mam. 270. 

 Acrobata Pygmea, Grai/, King's Voy. to New Holland. 



Icon. Shaw, Gen. Zool. 1. 114. Ency. Method. Suppl. t. 8. 

 f.5. 



Inliab. New Holland. 



Sub-Division III. — Cutting-teeth | ; the lower very long, 

 shelving ; canine ^-f- ^ 



Genus VI. — Potorous. 



Cutting-teeth I ; canine^ small; grinders f|. Head 

 long, pointed. Ears large, upper-lid cut. Fore-legs short. 



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