

VERTEBRATA. 





THE SPOTTED PIIAI.AXOER OR COUSCOUS. 



thumb on the hind-feet, and are found partly in Australia and partly in the Malasian Islands. It 

 includes the Wh \tapooroo or Vulpine Opossum, the Phalanr/er Renurd of the French, P. 

 vilj embling ;i fox in shape, the body twenty-six inches long and the tail fifteen, the latter 



prehensile, hut covered with hair; the upper parts a grizly-yellow and the under parts tawny-huff; 



lie fore-feet, five toes and on the hind ones four, the feet, as in many of the opossums, serving 

 the purposes of a hand. This species is found in Australia, near Port Jackson. 



The Spotted Piiai.angek. P. maculata, is found in the Moluccas, and especially in Amboyna, 

 where it is called Couscous by the natives. It is also met with at Wagiou, where the inhahi- 



- call it Schcim-Sc/Hi)/). Its fur is white, spotted with brown and black. The Red Phai. anger, 

 P. cacifrons, is found in Amhoyna and Panda. The Golden-rumped Phalanger is also found 

 at Amhoyna; the P. ursina is found in Celebes. 



THE SUGAR SQUIRRBL. 



PETATJRUS: Petaurus. — The Petauris tines, sometimes called Flying Phalangers, are 



ed by some naturalists into several genera, but we shall include them in one. To this belongs 



Norfolb [bland I'i.yinc-.Sqiirrel, P. schircus, which is about as large 



[uirrel; the tail rather longer than the body; the fur soft and beautiful;' the- color gray 



