Abstract

When examining the Tree Kangaroos in the Museum Collections for the purposes of my paper on .Dendrolagus bennettianus, de Vis, I was somewhat puzzled by a mounted specimen. As however it did not throw light upon the species under investigation, it was placed aside for future study.

Having once more taken it in hand, I found that it agreed with D. Dorianus in all described particulars except the non-reversal of the hair. A search among the duplicate collections revealed two other skins, received along with the specimen mentioned; these presented :the aspect of the hair peculiar to D. dorianus. Another look at the mounted specimen showed that the hair had been brushed in the orthodox manner, namely from head to tail.

 
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Bibliographic Data

Short Form
Waite, 1895, Rec. Aust. Mus. 2(6): 85–87
Author
Edgar R. Waite
Year
1895
Title
The skull of Dendrolagus dorianus, Ramsay
Serial Title
Records of the Australian Museum
Volume
2
Issue
6
Start Page
85
End Page
87
DOI
10.3853/j.0067-1975.2.1895.1201
Language
en
Plates
plate xviii–xix
Date Published
30 September 1895
Cover Date
30 September 1895
ISSN (print)
0067-1975
CODEN
RAUMAJ
Publisher
The Australian Museum
Place Published
Sydney, Australia
Digitized
11 September 2009
Reference Number
1201
EndNote
1201.enw
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