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PHALANGISTA VULPINA. 
the branches, or trunk, decayed, since it is in the hollows of 
these trees that they secrete themselves during the day-time. 
At night they leave these hiding-places, and climb the branches 
to feed upon the buds, leaves, and fruits, and sometimes they 
descend to the ground, where they probably find herbs to their 
taste. Whilst climbing, their prehensile tail assists them to 
maintain a firm hold of the branches; in captivity I have 
noticed that in descending from one perch of their cage to 
another, or to the floor, the tail invariably encireled the 
perch they were quitting, until the animal was again securely 
1 odged. 
Phalangixta melanura. Wagner. 
The P. melanura of Dr. Wagner is founded entirely upon 
the description and figure of the animal called Phalanger tie 
Cook, in the great work of Geofiroy and F. Cuvier. These 
authors committed a singular error in identifying the animal 
they describe with the Phalangiata Cookii of authors, which 
belongs to a different section of the Phalanger group. The 
figure alluded to is by no means accurately coloured, if we 
may judge from the text which accompanies it; and this, it 
appears to me, clearly refers to the P. ml pi no. 
Phalangiata fuliginoaa . Or. i lti y. 
General colour brown-black ; muzzle, chin, feet, and ears ex¬ 
ternally, black ; throat, chest, and abdomen, of a fulvous 
brown colour, the last mentioned part of a deeper hue than 
the chest, &c. 
Inhabits Van Diemen’s Land. 
I lie animal described by Mr. Ogilby, under the name 
/ halangiatn j'liligwusa, died in the menagerie of the 
