. A hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata. canescens in many of its characters, and forming, with thatspecies and P. schlegeli, a very well-defined section of thegenus, it yet differs remarkably from all in the total suppressionof its posterior incisors and anterior premolars. Other speci-mens are, however, urgently needed in order to determinewhether these dental peculiarities are constant. THE TAGUAN PHALANGERS. GENUS , Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 163 (1888). Size large; fur very long, soft, and silky; ears very large,oval, naked inside, hairy externally
. A hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata. canescens in many of its characters, and forming, with thatspecies and P. schlegeli, a very well-defined section of thegenus, it yet differs remarkably from all in the total suppressionof its posterior incisors and anterior premolars. Other speci-mens are, however, urgently needed in order to determinewhether these dental peculiarities are constant. THE TAGUAN PHALANGERS. GENUS , Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 163 (1888). Size large; fur very long, soft, and silky; ears very large,oval, naked inside, hairy externally; flanks with a parachute-like expansion of skin. Claws very long, highly curved, andsharply pointed; tail long, cylindrical, and evenly bushy, withthe extreme tip prehensile naked inferiorly. Skull andmolar teeth as in Pseudochirus. Although very different in external appearance to the Ring-tailed Phalangers, the structure of the skull and teeth in thesingle representative of this genus clearly indicates that it must PLATE XIV. mm r4 MA:. TAGUAN FLYING PHALaNGER THE TAGUAN PHALANGERS. 101 be regarded as a specially modified and volant relative of thatgroup. I. TAGUAN FLYING PHALANGER. PETAUROIDES VOLANS. Didelphis volans, Kerr, Linn. Anim. Kingdom, p. 199 (1792).Fhalanger volans, Lacdpfede, Mem. Inst., vol. iii., p. 491 (1801).Petauius taguanoides, F. macrurus, et , Desmarest, Nouv. Diet. dHist. Nat., vol. xxv., pp. 400, 402, 404 (1817).Petaiirista taguanoides, Desmarest, Mamm.; vol. i., p. 269 (1820).Pefauroides volans, Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 164 (1888). {Plate XIV.)Characters.—Fur long, soft, and fluffy. General colour darkashy-grey, varying from nearly black to pale very large, oval, and evenly rounded, with the inner sur-face completely naked, and the back covered with fur like thaton the head. Under-pa!rts white or pale yellowish. Limbsblack or dark brown externally, white or pale grey on the innersurface; feet thickly fringe
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