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of Deer, a Civet-Cat, and five kinds of Squirrel, while the Spectre 

 Tarsier ( Tarsits spectrum} is said to be found on a small adjacent 

 island. The Deer and Civet-Cat have possibly been introduced. 

 Typical Pigs (Sus) range as far east as New Guinea, but with 

 this exception, various Bats, a number of rats and mice, and the 

 doubtfully indigenous Dingo (Cants dingo] of the Australian 

 continent, the mammalian fauna of the region (excluding Celebes) 

 is made up of Marsupials (represented in Celebes) and Egg- 



Fig. 1291. Babirussa (Babirussa) 



laying Mammals (Monotremata]. The last, which include the 

 Duck-Bill (Ornithorhynchus) and Spiny Ant-eaters (Echidna and 

 Proechidna), are found in no other part of the world, though 

 Marsupials are scantily represented in America. New Zealand 

 is singularly devoid of indigenous mammals, there only being 

 two peculiar species of bat, a doubtful rat, and a problematical 

 otter-like creature. 



Aitstralian Birds (Aves). Among the most typical Australian 

 groups are the beautiful Honey -Suckers (Musipkagidte), many 

 distinctive kinds of Parrot and Cockatoo, Birds of Paradise, 



