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P FI A LA N GI ST A COUKll. 
parts white, or yellowish white: ears well clothed externally, 
and the fur on this part dusky, excepting towards and at 
the posterior angle, where it is white, or yellowish : tail 
coloured like the body at the root, then black, and at the 
apex, white. 
Inhabits New’ South Wales. 
The Phalangista Cookii is about one foot, or rather 
more, from the tip of the nose to the root of the tail; its 
tail is about equal to the body in length. The ears 
are broad, but short and rounded, nearly naked on the inner 
side, and densely clothed on the outer surface, if we except a 
narrow’ space next the apical margin. The legs are short. 
The fur is rather long and dense, and moderately soft to the 
touch ; on the upper parts of the body its general tint is pale 
grey, obscurely tinted with rust-colour ; on the head, sides of 
the body, outer side of limbs, and under part of the tail at 
the base, a rusty yellow’ hue prevails: the chin, throat, and 
under parts of the body, as well as the inner surface of the 
limbs, are white, or yellowish white : the sides of die muzzle 
are blackish ; the fur on the back of the car is chiefly of the 
same blackish hue, but on the hinder part it is white (some¬ 
times rusty white), and there is a small patch of white hairs 
on the side of the head immediately joining the posterior 
angle of the ear. The tail is clothed with fur like that of 
the body at the root, but receding from this part the hairs 
soou become harsher, shorter, and closely applied to the skin; 
these adprossed hairs are black on the middle of the tail 
and white at the tip : the longitudinal extent of die part of 
the tail which is clothed with white hairs varies considerably 
in different individuals. The apical third of the tail is naked 
beneath. 1 he feet are of a pale rust colour, or sometimes 
brownish in the middle, and nearly white at the sides. 
1 lie present, species ui 1‘lmlangor was discovered in Cook's 
