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In addition to the above-mentioned cuscus, which appears to 

 be its only marsupial, Celebes possesses several peculiar types of 

 eutherian mammals. Among these is a black and nearly tailless 

 ape (Cynopithecus niger) representing a genus by itself; while there 

 is also a species of macaque (Macacus maurus) peculiar to the 

 southern portion of the island. A species of the lernuroid tarsiers 

 (Tarsius fuscomanus) is found both in Celebes and the neighbour- 

 ing islands of Salayer and Sanghir, although represented by an 



FIG. 5. FORE PART OF SKULL OF BABIRUSA (Bcibirusa alfurus], 



allied form in the Philippine group. In the Carnivora there is a 

 Malayan species of civet ( Viverra tangalunga), and also a peculiar 

 species of palm-civet (Paradoxurus musschenbroecki). In the pig- 

 tribe the babirusa (Babirusa alfurus), characterised by the extra- 

 ordinary development of its tusks, is the sole representative of a 

 genus confined to this island and Bum; while scarcely less peculiar 

 is the small and somewhat antelope-like buffalo known as the anoa 

 (Bos depressicornis\ which although allied to the tamarao (B. mindo- 



