MARSUPIALS 



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BENNETT S TREE-KANGAROO. 



account of its close resemblance 

 to the pigmy flying-phalanger 

 of Australia, although unpro- 

 vided with a flying-membrane. 

 Papua has, however, a flying 

 species in the form of a local 

 race (Petawrus breviceps pap'w- 

 anus) of the Australian lesser 

 flying-phalanger. The striped 

 phalanger (Dactylopsila trivir- 

 gata) is common to the Aru 

 Islands and New Guinea, and 

 a second genus of the same 

 group is represented by Dactyl- 

 onyx palpator, distinguished by 

 the great elongation of the fourth 

 toes of the fore-feet. Bandicoots 



