MAU8UPIATA. 
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gers presenting these peculiarities hnve been found in Austra¬ 
lia. In the following table the names of the various species 
of Cu8cttH are arranged under those of the islands in which 
they occur. 
Celebes. 
Amboy ns. 
Hands. 
Waigiou. 
Timor. 
N'csr Guinea. New Ireland. 
i 
ursinus 
maculatus 
ehrysorrhoi 
cavifrons 
macufrftn 
amfrons 
maculatus 
cavifrons 
maculatus 
cavifrons. 
In New Guinea the Morsupiolia increase in numbers, since, 
notwithstanding its coast line is not yet completed on our 
charts, and the interior is almost unknown, seven species of 
marsupial animals have been discovered in that island, and 
these appertain to six distinct genera, one of which only, it 
must be, observed, is peculiar to New Guinea 1 . Of the 
species, five are peculiar; one is said to be identical with 
a species found in New South Wales 2 , and the seventh is the 
Cuxcus maculatus , included in the above table. 
With respect to the Marsupialia inhabiting the continent 
of Australia, it will be seen, upon consulting the observations 
on the lmbits and ranges of the species given under their 
respective heads, that, generally, species winch are very nearly 
allied, and have very nearly similar habits, are not associated 
together in the same limited district. Of four nearly allied 
species of Kangaroos, which, from their habits, arc called 
1 The genus Dcndrolagus. 
: Petaurus teiureut .— Of this identification I cannot help feeling some 
doubt; the animal called Petauru* teiureu* by M. Muller, in his table dis¬ 
playing* the geographical distribution of the Mammalia of the Indian Islands, 
I think is more probably identical with the Pet . ariel of Gould, a nearly 
allied species found in North Australia. 
