190 PHALANGEEID^. 



s. Ad. St., 5 , 11/39. Perth, W. A. (7. Gil- Gould Coll. 



berfj. 



t. Ad. sk., cf , 9/85. Perth, W. A. Govt, of Western 



Australia [P.J. 



( Ad. Bk. I , „^ ,Q ,.„ Moore's R., W. A. Gould Coll. 

 "• Skull. [ cJ, 24/9/42. ^j g^n^^y 



V. Ad. St., 2 , 9/6/39. Northam, W. A. (J. Gould Coll. 



Gilbei-t). 



w. Yg. sk. Toodyay, W. A. (/. Gould Coll. 



Gilbert), 



x. Skull. Point Leschenault, W. E. Bates, Esq. 



W. A. [P.]. 



y. Ad. sk., cJ . Western Australia. Purchased. 



I Ad. sk. ) , Purchased. 

 "■ jSkuU. ( °- 



a'. Skeleton. Purchased. 



b. Trichosuxus vulpecula, var. fuliginosus. 



Phalangiata fuliginosa, Ogilb. P. Z. S. 1831, p. 135 ; Gunn, Ann. 



Mag. N. S. i. p. 102 (1838) ; Waterh. Cat. Mamm. Mm. Z. S. 



p. 67 (1838); id. Jard. Nat. Libr., Mamm.isi.. p. 267 (1841); 



Gray, Grey's Austr., App. ii. p. 401 (1841) ; Less. N. Tabl. R. A., 



Mamm. -a. 188 (1842); Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 85 (1843); 



Wagn. Schr. Siiug. Supp. iii. p. 77 (1843) ; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. 



i. p. 627 (1844); Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pi. xv. (animal) (1849) ; 



Gunn, P. Roy. Soc. Tasm. ii. p. 83 (1852) ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones 



Mamm. B. M. p. 121 (1862); Krefft, Cat. Mamm. Austr. Mas. 



p. 38 (1864); id. Notes Faun. Tasm. p. 4 (1868); id. Mamm. 



Austr. pi. ix. (animal) (1871). 

 Phalangista fuliginosa, var. grisea, Gray, Grejfs Austr., App. ii. 



p. 401 (1841). 

 Phalangista felina, Wagn. Schr. Sdug. Supp. iii. p. 76 (1848), v. 



p. 270 (1865) ; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 527 (1844). 



Tasmania^ PsALAifGBK. 



Size markedly larger and form stouter and heavier than in the 

 typical variety. Fur longer and thicker. General colour all over 

 either a grey like that of the Continental form, hut darker and 

 more suffused with rufous, or a deep umber-brown tinged with 

 rufous, paler on the forequarters, sides and below, darker along the 

 posterior back. Ears with little or no white on the posterior part 

 of their hinder surfaces. Tail very thick and bushy, nearly wholly 

 black. 



SJndl only differing from that of the typical form by its greater 

 size, and, in correlation with this, by its larger and earlier developed 

 crests and ridges. 



Teeth. Upper p.'' broad and stout, its diameter, at right angles to 

 its long axis, generally attaining 4 millim. Molars large, the 

 combined lengths of the three anterior 15 or 16 millim. 



