11. PHALAWOER. 



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4. Phalanger ornatus. 



Cuscus ornatus, Cfray, P. Z. S. 1860, pp. 1 & 374, pi. Ixxiv. (animal) ; 



id. P. Z. S. 1861, p. 320, figs, (skull); Gerrard, Cat. Bones 



Mamm. B. M. p. 123 (1862). 

 Cuscus orientalis {nee Pall.), Jent. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 93 



(1885) (in part) ; id. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. p. 307, pi. zi. fig. 3 



(skull) (1887). 



Size smaller and form lighter than in Ph. orientalis ; females 

 smaller than males. Fur short and close. General colour grey, 

 spotted with white, the males rufous anteriorly. Muzzle naked 

 along the top nearly to the eyes. Ears short, naked internally. 

 Head and forequarters deep grey, uniform with the back in the 

 female, but in the males the forequarters are bright orange-rufous, 

 a colour that sometimes spreads over the whole of the head and 

 neck. Black dorsal streak; distinct and well defined. Back and 

 sides more or less spotted with white, the spots very variable in 

 number and position. Chin almost naked, greyish ; chest and belly 

 white in the female, becoming greyer round the pouch, bright orange 

 in the males ; a mesial pure white stripe, however, often present. 

 Limbs outsid6 like the back, their inner sides like the belly. Tail 



