■ 8. PETAITEOIBES. ' 165' 



Petaurista leucogaster, Gray, Grey's Austr., App. ii. p. 402 (1841), 

 Petaurus (Belideus) macrourus, Waterh. Jard. Nat. Libr., Mamm. 



xi. p. 288 (1841). 

 Petaurus (Petaurista) taguanoides, Waterh. iV. IT. Mamm. i. p. 322,, 



pi. Xix. fig. 4 (skull) (1846). 

 Petaurus yolans, Thos. Ann. Mag. N. H. (5) iv. p. 397 (1879). 

 Petaurista volans, Thos. Encycl. Brit. (9) xviii. p. 728 (1885). 



Tagtjan Flying PnALAjreEE. 



Fur long, soft, and fluffy. General colour dark ashy grey, very 

 variable in tone, sometimes nearly black aU over, sometimes 

 pale whitish grey. Ears very large, oval, evenly rounded ; laid 

 forward (in spirit-specimens) they reach nearly to the tip of the 

 muzzle ; their inner surface entirely naked, their outer thickly 

 covered all over with fur like that on the rest of the head. Back 

 without special markings, its colour as above described. Whole of 

 under surface white or pale yellowish, the hairs not grey basaUy. 

 Outer sides and backs of limbs black or dark brown, inner sides white 

 or pale grey. Hands and feet thickly fringed all over with deep 

 black hairs. Fingers and toes very thick, with stroiig curved claws. 

 Palms (PL XVII. fig. 2) and soles naked, the pads low, rounded, 

 finely striated. Tail very long, evenly furry all along, its colour 

 ashy grey or blackish, generally markedly darkening terminally. 

 Naked part under the tip (PL XVII. fig. 3) short, not sharply 

 separated from the hairy part, its surface not roughened. 



Skull and teeth (PL XVIII. figs. 1, 2) as above described. Upper 

 canine and p.' larger in the present form, smaller in var. minor. 



Dimensions. 



d (in spirit). 

 Adult, 

 millim. 



Head and body 430 



Tail 490 



Lower leg , 120 



Hind foot 50 



Ear 66 



Naked part below tail-tip .... (c.) 14 



SkuU, see p. 185. 



Eah. Queensland to Victoria. 

 Tyfe not in existence. • 



a. Ad. St., A . Liverpool Range, Gould Coll. 



N. S. W. (/. G.). 

 h Ad. st., 2 . New South Wales. AnanCuniiingham,Esq. 



[P.]. 

 c Ad. sk. New South Wales. AllanCunmngham,Esq. 



[P.J. 



d. Ad. al., cJ- Victoria. Purchased. 



e. Ad. St., (J . Gould Coll. 

 Ad. St. ( , /„ii,:„„\ Purchased. 

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