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PHASCOLAKCTUS CINEREUS. 
from the tip of the nose, whilst at the sides only half an inch, 
or rather more, of the muzzle is destitute of the ordinary’ 
fur. Tire ears are of moderate size, and pointed, and entirely 
hidden by the very long hairs with which they are clothed, 
these latter being, for the most part, about two inches in length: 
on the inner side of the ears the hairs are white, and on the 
outer side they are of the same grey hue as those of the head, 
excepting those which spring from the anterior margin of 
the ear, which are chiefly black. The eye is rather large, and, 
like other Marsupial animals (with the exception of the 
Kangaroos), are not protected by eye-lashes; there are, how¬ 
ever, a few loug bristly hairs springing from immediately 
above the eye: the hairs of the moustaches are small and 
scanty. The fur of the animal is tolerably long, dense, of a 
wool-like quality, and rather soft to the touch; its general hue 
may be described as ashy grey, somewhat suffused with brown 
—a tint produced by the hairs being brown below the point, 
and whitish at the point. The hinder part of the back is of 
a dirty yellowish-white hue. The under parts of the head 
and body, as well as the inner side of the fore legs, and the 
posterior part of the hind legs, are white, but not very pure : 
the hairs covering the feet have the visible portions whitish, 
hut they are dusky brown at the root, and a slight pencilling 
of this darker hue is generally observable on the toes. The 
inner side of the hind legs is a brownish rust colour. The 
muffle is naked, and, like the naked soles of the feet, appears 
to have been black in the living animal. 
A fine female specimen of the Koala, in the British 
Museum collection, presents the following dimensions, to 
which are added (in a second column) some of the principal 
admeasurements taken from a specimen in the Museum of the 
Zoological Society:— 
