THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
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AUSTRALIAN BEAR. 
the Indian women. The Didelphis Imaavida and the Noctivaga belong to 
the Peruvian forms which are strictly vegetarian. The Broad-nosed Wombat 
{Phascolomys platyrhinus ) is notable for the broadness of its nose, its size and 
its yellow coat of fur. The Broad-fronted Wombat (. Phascolomys latifrons ) 
has a hairy muzzle and goes clothed in silken hair. The Kaponne ( Cuscus 
orientcilis ) is considered by the natives a delicacy. The Vulpine Phalanger 
(Trichosurus vulpinus ) eats like 
a squirrel and looks like a fox. 
Albert’s Petaurus, and Bern¬ 
stein’s Petaurus (Pe t a urns 
albertisii , and bernsteinii) , after 
carrying the young about for 
a long period safely housed in 
their pouches transfer them to 
their backs like the species 
known as Merlin’s opossum 
above noted. The Dromiciae 
(Dromicia concinna , and neillii) 
are very small, have the skin 
of the body extending down the 
legs as far as the ankle, and 
suggest a connecting-link be¬ 
tween the parachute-carriers 
and the species which lack 
this appendage. The Tailed 
its vast superiority over the other species in the matter of a caudal appendage. 
The Great-browed Wom¬ 
bat (. Phascolomys latifrons) has the 
general appearance of a bear of 
small size. It is a burrower, noc¬ 
turnal in its habits and feeds upon 
roots and herbs. It is a tailless 
animal and its large head seems 
to have been purchased at the ex¬ 
pense of the rest of his anatomy. 
It has its strongest likeness to the 
bear, possibly, in its awkwardness, 
as it is pouched like the marsupalia, 
toothed like the rodentia, has many 
anatomical, features in common with 
the badger, and is as ridiculous in 
appearance, movement and amia¬ 
bility as a trained bear. As a 
mining engineer it absolutely 
threatens the permanency of human structures, by communicating subterranean 
passage ways which suggest the difficulties encountered and the success achieved 
at Mt. Cenis. 
The Australian Bear, or Kaola (. Phascolarctos cinereus ), is tailless but 
keeps the ventral pouch ; it is arboreal, nocturnal, and produces the same general 
Dromicia (. Dromicia caudata) is so named from 
phalanger ( Phalangista vulpina ). 
