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and anciently founded marsupial order 
‘we have an epitome, as it were, of 
‘many of the more important groups 
of an equivalent classificatory value 
that are included among the higher 
mammalia previously described. In this 
relationship we find in the so-called 
‘Tasmanian Wolf, the Tasmanian Devil, 
and the “ Native Cats” carnivorous 
and eminently predatory forms whose 
habits and general conformation are 
immediately comparable to those of 
the typical Carnivora. The Bandicoots, 
‘Banded Ant-eater, and Phascogales 
‘recall in a similar manner the higher 
‘Insectivora. In the tree-frequenting 
‘Opossums and Phalangers the external 
likeness and conformity in habits to 
the arboreal rodents is notably apparent, 
several of the species, moreover, possess- 
ing a parachute-like flying-membrane 
essentially identical with that which is 
found in the typical Flying-squirrels. 
‘An example ‘in which the ground- 
frequenting or burrowing rodents are 
closely ‘approached is furnished by the 
‘Australian. Wombat, an animal which 
may be appropriately likened to’ an 
overgrown and lethargic Marmot. In 
this form, - moreover, the rodent-like 
character of the dentition is especially BLACK-STRIPED WALLABY 
noteworthy. The higher grass-eating Female with half-grown young in her pouch 
Photo by E, Landor] [Ealing 
mammals find their counterparts 
in the family group of the 
Kangaroos, in which, in addition 
to their essentially herbivorous 
habits, the contour of the head 
and neck, together with the ex- 
pressive eyes and large expanding 
ears, are wonderfully suggestive of 
the various members of the Deer 
Family. The Cuscuses of New 
Guinea and the adjacent islands, 
both in form and habits, some- 
what resemble their geographical 
neighbours, the Lorises, belonging 
to the Lemur Tribe, compared 
with which higher mammals, how- 
Photo by. T. Newman] [Berthamsted ever, they possess the advantage 
-BENNETT’S WALLABY AND THE GREAT GREY of an eminently serviceable pre: 
RANGAROO hensile tail. The Australian 
“his photograph illustrates the relative sizes of these two species 
