cream color around the ribs and fore- shoulders. 



The female did not live, and the skin has been 

 mounted by a taxidermist. 



Like all members of this genus, it is very quiet 

 during the day, and in its wild state, at this time, 

 it hides in the tallest trees, either in cavities or on 

 large horizontal limbs. During the night it often 

 comes down to the ground and is found on the low^er 

 limbs and the brushwood. 



Its favorite food is leaves, buds and tender twigs, 

 like the Opossum and Australian bear. These it 

 will eat in preference to roots, seeds and nuts. 



Most animals of this genus will shun water, but 

 this specimen, when water is given to it, will wash 

 its fore-paws like a human being, touching, however 

 no other part of the body except the head, which it 

 washes in the same manner as the cat, continuing 

 the practise sometimes for an hour. 



This species is found w^eli into the interior, and 

 one, an albino, was taken at an altitude of 4000 ft. 

 above sea level. 



The natives are very fond of the genus Cuscus as 

 food, and Wallace can only account for the whole 

 race not having been exterminated by the Malays 

 and Papuans, by^ its habit of frequenting only the 

 tallest trees, and by the interior being thinly popu- 

 lated. 



Five months after its capture, its disposition was 

 so surly that no one could touch it but its owner, 

 Mr. Keating, who brought it south. 



Further information in regard to this animal can 

 be obtained of Mr. J. E. Keating, Empire Hotel, 

 Cairns, North Queensland, Australia. 



