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THE POUCHED MAMMALS, OR MARSUPIALS 



usually a dirty yellowish white, marked with numerous irregular blotchings of reddish 

 brown and black; the chin and under parts being white, often tinged with yellow or 

 red, and the head or limbs gray or reddish. There is, however, great individual 

 variation, some specimens being almost uniformly gray or red. The smaller female 

 (as shown on the right side of our figure) is generally of a uniform gray and black 

 above, and white beneath, although sometimes red. A much more sober-hued ani- 



THE SPOTTED cuscus. 

 (One -fourth natural size.) 



mal is the black cuscus (P. ursinus) , of Celebes, in which the fur is of a uniform 

 black or dark brown color, with the exception of that on the inside of the ears, 

 which is white. 



With the exception of the spotted species, which ranges to North Australia, 

 the cuscuses are mainly confined to the islands of the Indo-Malayan region, as far 

 westward as Celebes. Only the spotted cuscus and one other species are even 



