. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. I t;l,,,.^ i 1' liMth I ; 4fil. THE SPOTTP:!) CUSCUS. ..Ml and . to 1,. m ti,o of eatin- insects anrl the ours uf '" "''"7^ Its relations carnivorous power is to a still greater deSee I he tnr ot he is beautifully soft and silken in its texture, mid is of" s une ^ro^tirfW r''''l 1 lum,aâ attire or luxun-, such as cloakrand n;!.; h" " ..oloui ot the tur is singularly variable, even if the Spotted
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. I t;l,,,.^ i 1' liMth I ; 4fil. THE SPOTTP:!) CUSCUS. ..Ml and . to 1,. m ti,o of eatin- insects anrl the ours uf '" "''"7^ Its relations carnivorous power is to a still greater deSee I he tnr ot he is beautifully soft and silken in its texture, mid is of" s une ^ro^tirfW r''''l 1 lum,aâ attire or luxun-, such as cloakrand n;!.; h" " ..oloui ot the tur is singularly variable, even if the Spotted Cuscus be really a semntp The ground tint of the Spotted Cuscus is a whitish-orev Unon tin's finf scattei-cd very large and boll spots of deep brown, ccnSd '-i^h a ddSltl nm .Sometimes ,t is a niost wholly white, with only one or two small sSs scaUe,;^^^ sparuigly over the body. The tail is yellowish-white. Another spec ien wd be al losJ entirely of the <larkcr colour, and marked as follows :_ The shudders an lead t .â¢uncus grey grizz e, and the remainder of the body to the tail grevish-whi e Tn ,1 of large angular black spots or patches are so placed upon ?his imie field e^ communicate with eacli other, and form a kind of indistinct b ad pa ten on .. .â Sl'OTTKI) L''S.^ -Cii6>:fis iti(fii(Mtii but from a number ot white hairs are seen among black These descnptions are taken trom actual specimens Anolher species, calK.'d the Ursine Cuscus' IS ot a uiiilonii deep brown. '-n^^.u,-*. These animals are iu some amnâg the white and the native population ef the country which they inhabit, for they iint only funiish valuable fur or '^; In., rn'"/;, "! T '" 'n'"'',;"' r'^rT' '' l"r" tenaed, but also allbrd imurish- neiit to their captors Ihe ul the Ciiscus is thought to be remarkably good bv wim have partaken ol it, aial is said to he quit., that of the' kaima
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