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pointed muzzle, and its teeth are reduced to minute pointed processes, 



few in number, - -, situated far apart in each jaw. 

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Fig. 10. Cuscus Oeientaiis. 



The genus Cuscus, closely allied to Phalangista, is found in New 

 Guinea and the adjacent islands to Timor (Fig. 10). 



Fig. 11. The Wombat {Phascolomys). 



Another animal, the wombat, Fig. 11 (Fhascolomys), forms by 

 itself a distinct family, Phascolomyidoe. It is a burrowing nocturnal 



