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PHALAKGISTA NANA. 
jet black colour: the ears are of considerable size, erect 1 , 
totally destitute of hair, and of an uniform mouse colour; 
the fur is very soft and thick, and its general hue is rufous 
grey; the under parts are more sparingly covered with fur, 
of a pale yellowish grey colour, the yellow predominating at 
the sides, and especially on the throat; the general colour of 
the face is also yellowish; the sides of the neck, as well ns 
the throat, are buff; there is a blackish ling around the eye, 
and a darkish ring partially surrounds the ear at the anterior 
part, interrupted by a distinct white spot behind ; the feet are 
almost entirely concealed by the fur, both when the animal is at 
rest, and when in an active state. The breadth of the body, 
combined with the length of the fur, aud the extent to which 
the skin of the sides is attached to the legs, namely, as far as 
the carpi and tarsi, gives it very much the appearance of a 
Petaurus , to which tliis species evinces a remarkable approxi¬ 
mation. The tail is nearly as long as the head and body 
together, and is remarkably broad and thick at the base, to 
more than half an inch from the origin, at which part it 
becomes contracted, and then gradually tapers to the ex¬ 
tremity' ; it is hairy, being more thickly' covered on the upper 
part, and especially at the base, where it partakes of the 
general colour of the upper parts of the body, becoming 
more scantily furnished towards the point, and there is on 
the under part, at the extremity, a space of about half an inch 
in length, which is entirely naked; the tail is more or less 
prehensile throughout its whole length, but especially 
towards its extremity." 
Inches. Lines. 
Length of head and body ... ... ... 3 10 
M of tail. 3 6 
Breadth of tail at the root ... ... 6 
Length of ear ... ... ... ... 5 
Breadth of ditto ... ... ... ... 5 
1 The ears were always pendant in some specimens which lived in the 
menagerie of the Zoological Society, and they were not quite destitute of hair, 
though very nearly so. 
