HIE AUSTRALIAN REGION 



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Australian Region (unless the newly-discovered Camolestes 

 of South America shall be ascertained to belong to the 

 Diprotodonts) namely, the Wombats (Phascolomyidie), the 



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Fig. 3.— The Notoryct. 

 [Notorycte8 ti/phlops.) 



Phalangers (Phalangeridfe), and the Kangaroos {Macro- 



wdidte). 



The Wombats are numerically of the least importance 



if the three families above mentioned, although the form 

 and general appearance of the animals of the single known 



enus, Phascolomys, are hardly less remarkable than those 

 of the Kangaroos. 



