SHOUT-EARED PHALANGER. 
207 
Length from nose to root of tail 
Inches. 
... *22 
Lines. 
0 
14 of tail 
. 13 
6 
44 from nose to ear . 
... 3 
6 
14 of ear, ubout 
. 1 
2 
44 of tarsus 
... 3 
3 
•* of fore-foot . 
. 2 
2 
The specimen from which the above description is taken is in 
the museum of the Zoological Society, being also the original of 
Mr. Ogilby’s description. It is said to be from the country 
beyond Hunters River, about eighty miles north of Sydney. 
Mr. Gould informs me that, according to his observations, the 
Short-eared Plmhinger was confined to the “scrub” districts, 
whilst the Vulpine Phalanger was found on the trees of the 
open plains. 
Section 3. Psen dock i rus . 
Pseudochirut. Ogiuiy, Proceedings of the Zoological Society for March, 
1836, Part 4, p. 26. Observations on the Opposable 
Power of the Thumb, Magazine of Nat. Hist, for Sept. 
1S37, vol. i. (New Series), p. 457. 
Hepoona. Gray. 
Trichotums. Lesson, Nouveau Tableau du Regne Animal, p. 139. 1842 *• 
Phalangers with the two inner toes of the fore foot separated from, 
and partially opposable to, the other three; the tail clothed, 
. excepting at the apex beuenth, with short adpressed hairs; the 
ears short and rounded; and with six molar teeth, forming a 
continuous series, on either side of the upper jaw. 
1 M. Lesson, in the work above quoted, adds the date 1829 after the name 
Trichosurtu (which is there applied to the group of which Phalanyizta CooJcii 
is the type), and gives Pxeudochirwt of Mr. Ogilby as a synonym, with the 
date 1836 ! The fact^is, as far I can ascertain, M. Lesson never, until 1842, 
separated the section under consideration from Phalanyigta proper, nor do I 
perceive that he was^ aware of the principal peculiarity which distinguishes 
P. Cookii From other Phalangers, and which was first pointed out by Mr. 
