PI 1 A LA N G1 ST A GANASCEN8. 
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wards : general colour grey-brown; under parts of body 
impure white ; sides of face fulvous ; upper surface of head 
with a broad, dusky, longitudinal mark. 
Inhabits? 
A very distinct species of Phalanger is represented in one 
of the plates of the work above quoted, but since the letter- 
press of this great French work is not yet published, or at 
least has not reached us, I am unable to give any account 
of the animal beyond sucli as may be gleaned from the plate. 
According to the figures, the “ Phalanger grisonnant 1 ” is 
evidently nllied to the P. Co old i, having the same general 
conformation of skull, teeth, feet, and tail ; the two inner toes 
of the fore feet, however, are still more distinctly opposed to 
the remaining three than in die animal just mentioned, and 
the diumb of the hind loot is directed completely backwards. 
The limbs and upper parts of the body, as well os the tail, 
are represented as of a grey-brown colour, die under parts of 
the body impure white, the sides of die face yellowish, or 
fulvous, the upper surface of die head with a broad, dusky, 
longitudinal mark, and the claws yellow. The ears ore pro¬ 
portionately much smaller than in P. Coo/di. 
The young animal is depicted as having a dusky longitu¬ 
dinal stripe along the back. 
The size and proportions of the parts should be very 
nearly as follows: — 
Inches. 
Lines. 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail 
... 12 
0 
“ of tail 
... 11 
0 
“ of ear ... 
... 
5 
41 of fore foot, including the nails 
... 
h 
4 * of hind feet, including the nails 
... 1 
1 
“ of skull ... 
... 2 
u 
Width of ditto ... 
1 
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1 The authors give no technical name. 
