( Vulpine phalangista, Viverrine phalangista}. 



HERE are many different kinds of 

 Opossums in Australia, such as the Ring 

 Tailed Opossums Common Opossums, &c. 

 Some of the aboriginal names for them are, 

 Pildra, Namee, Mallooreta, &c. They sleep 

 all day in the hollow limbs of trees, and then 

 seem to be drowsy lazy creatures, but how 

 different they look in the bright moonlight 

 nimbly running about among the branches of 

 the stately gum tree, seeking for the freshest 

 and greenest leaves, and Kong golias (gum 

 blossoms)! They are very seldom seen on the 

 ground excepting when removing from one 



