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PHALANGISTA CHRYS0RRI10S. 
paler on the head ; cars well clothed with white hairs: rump 
and upper surface of tail golden yellow; under parts white: 
a blackish longitudinal band on the flanks. 
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Inhabits Amboyna. 
The author has never seen this species, of which very few 
specimens have been brought to Europe. It is described by 
M. Temminek as being equal in size to the Wild Cat (Felix 
Cat us), os having the muzzle short, and with the upper 
surface on a line with the forehead; the ears very short, 
hidden by the fur, and clothed throughout with hair; the tail 
about equal in length to the body (not including the head), 
covered with fur above, and on the sides, for about two-thirds 
of its length ; the remaining portion naked, wrinkled, and of 
a yellowish colour; the fur short, close, and woolly; the 
longer silky hairs of the same colour as the ordinary fur: 
the fin: of the head of a pale ashy grey colour, but that on 
the ears whitish; the upper parts of the body, the flanks, 
and the outer side of the limbs, ashy grey, more or less suf¬ 
fused with black; the rump and upper part of the tail, of a 
golden-yellow tint, brighter in the adult animal than in 
young individuals; the inner side of the limbs, and the under 
parts of the neck, white ; the chest, and mesial line of abdo¬ 
men, also white; the white of the abdomen separated from 
the grey of the flanks by a black baud, in adult specimens, 
but with the band indistinct in the young; the region of the 
pouch of a rusty tint; the feet of a bright rust colour; the 
tip of the nose brown; the claws yellowish brown. Full- 
grown specimens measure, from the tip of the muzzle to the 
root of the tail, about 23 inches; tail, 13 inches. 
The dimensions of an adult skull, according to the figures 
given by M. Temminek, are — 
