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MAMMALIA. 



Genus PETAURUS. 



Petaurus, Skaw Nat. Misc., ii, text to pi. Ix (l79l)- 

 Belideus, Waterhouse P. Z. S., p. 151 (1838). 



Petaurus australis. 



Petaurus australis, Shaw Nat. Misc., pi. Ix (1791); Thomas Cat. Mars. 



B. M; p. 151. 

 Didelphys petaurus, Shaw Genl. Zool., i, pt. 2, p. 496 (1800). 

 Petaurus flaviventer, Desmarest N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxv, p. 403 (181 7). 

 Belideus flaviventer, Gould Mamm. Austr., i, pi. xxiii (1845). 

 Belideus australis et sciurus, Blyth Cat., pp. 182, 183 (1863). 



Distribution. — New South Wales and Victoria. 



«. Skin, skull N. S. Wales Calcutta Exhibition. 



b. Stuffed N. S. Wales Dr. Scone, 1864. 



e. Skull Mrs. Turnbull, i860, A.S B. 



<2. Skull No history, A.S.B. 



Petaurus breviceps. 



Pelaurus (Belideus) breviceps, Waterhouse P. Z. S., p. 152 (1838). 

 Petaurus breviceps, Gray App. Grey's Travels Austr., ii, p. 402 (1841)*; 



Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 156. 

 Belideus breviceps, ariel et notatus, Gould Mamm. Austr., 1, pis. xxv, xxvi 



and xxvii (1849). 



I)istridution.— Q\ieei\s\Siji6, New South Wales and Victoria. 



a-b. 2 Stuffed, Victoria Dr. Scone, 1864. 



2 skulls. 

 C'd. 2 Ale. adt. N. S. Wales Calcutta Exhibition, 



and juv. 



Genus PETAUROIDES. 



Volucella, Bechstein Allgem. Uhers. vierf. Thiere, ii, p. 351 (1800)*- 

 Petaurista, Desmarest Mamm., i, p. 268 (1820). 

 Petauroides, Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 163 (1888). 



Petauroides volans. 



Didelphis volans, Kerr Linn. Anim. Kingd., p. igg (i792)». 



Volucella nigra et macroura Bechstein Allgem. Uebers. merf. Thiere ii 



p. 3Si (-1800)*. 

 Petaurus taguanoides, Desmarest N. Did. d'Hist. Nat., xxv, p. 400 (1817) ■ 



Blyth Cat., p. 182. '• 1 1 > 



Petaurista taguanoides, Desmarest Mamm., i, p. 269 (1820) ; Gould Mamm, 



Austr., 1, pi. xxii. 

 Petauroides volans, Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p.. 164 (1888). 



Distribution. — Queensland to Victoria. 



