CHAP. XXVII.] 



OF THE MOLUCCAS. 



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islands they live in are too thinly inhabited for man to be 

 able to exterminate them. The figure represents Cuscus 

 ornatus, a new species discovered by me in Batchian, and 



UUSUUS UK.NATUS. 



■wMch also inhabits Ternate. It is peculiar to the Moluccas, 

 while the two other species which inhabit Ceram are found 

 also in New Guinea and Waigiou. 



In place of the excessive poverty of mammals which 

 characterises the Moluccas, we have a very rich display of 



