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Genus PHALANGER. 



Phalanger, Storr Prodr. Method. Mamm., p. 33 (1780)*. 

 Phalangista, Et. Geoff. St. Hil. Bull. Soc. Philom., i, p. 106 (1796)*. 

 Cuscus, Lesson et Garnot Voy. Coquille Zool., p. 150 (1826;. 



Phalanger orientalis. 



Didelphys orientalis, Pallas Miscell. Zool., p. 59 (1766)*. 



Phalanger orientalis, Storr Prodr. Method. Mamm., p. 33 (1780)* ; Thomas 



Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 201. 

 Phalangista alba, Et. Geoff. St. Hil. Cat. Mamm. Mus. Hist. Nat., p 148 



(1803)*. 

 Cuscus orientalis, Gray List Mamm. B. M., p. 84 (1843). 



Distribuiion. — Timor and the Islands to the east of New 

 Guinea. 



a. Skin, skull Calcutta Exhibition. 



Phalanger celebensis. 



Cuscus celebensis, Gray P. Z. S., p. 105, pi. Ixii (1858).] 

 Phalanger celebensis, Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 206. I 



Distribution. — Celebes and the Sanghir Isles. 



a. Skin, skull Northern^Territory ? Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] 



b. Skin, skeleton W. Rutledge. 



Genus PHASCOLARCTUS. 



Phascolarctus, Blainville Bull. Soc. Philom., p. 46 (1816)*. 

 Lipurus, Goldfuss Isis, p. 271 (1819). 



Phascolarctus cinereus. 



Lipurus cinereus, Goldfuss Isis, p. 271 (1819). 

 Phascolarctus fuscus, Desmarest Mamm., i, p. 276 (1820). 

 Phascolarctus cinereus, Fischer Syn. Mamm-., p. 285 (1829) ; Gould Mamm. 

 Austr., i, pis. xiii, xiv ; Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 210. 



Distribution. — Eastern Australia from Queensland to Victoria. 



a. Stuffed New South Wales No history. 



b. Stuffed New South Wales Bengal Econ. Mus. 



c. Skull ^ Purchased. 



d-e. 2 Skulls Victoria Calcutta Exhibition. 



/. Skeleton New South Wales Purchased. 



Genus PHASCOLOMYS. 



Phascolomys, Et. Geoff. St. Hil. Ann. Mus. Paris, ii, p. 364 (1803). 

 Wombatus, Desmarest N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., 1st ed., xxiv, p. 20 ^1803)*. 



