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A COURSE ON ZOOLOGY 

 FlG. 206. 



VIKGINIAN OPOSSUM (Didelphys virginiano). 

 FIG. 207. 



1, FLYING PHALANGER (Petaurus taguanoides). 



2, FLYING MOUSE (Petaurus pygmseus). 



fore paw to the foot ; by the aid of this membrane they 

 can make enormous leaps from tree to tree. 



