. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE CLIMBING MARSUPIALS—COOSOOS. 585 them, are among the queerest members of the Weasel tribe on Amboina. "The head bears much resem- blance to that of a Rat or a Fox. The end of the tail is bare and prehensile; with it they cling so firmly to branches that one can pull them off only with a great effort. On the Moluccas also they do. particularly stupid and dull; at night the eyes glow like those of other nocturnal animals: then they re- semble the Lori
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. THE CLIMBING MARSUPIALS—COOSOOS. 585 them, are among the queerest members of the Weasel tribe on Amboina. "The head bears much resem- blance to that of a Rat or a Fox. The end of the tail is bare and prehensile; with it they cling so firmly to branches that one can pull them off only with a great effort. On the Moluccas also they do. particularly stupid and dull; at night the eyes glow like those of other nocturnal animals: then they re- semble the Loris in many respects. THE COOSOOS. The Coosoos (Trickosurus) are seen mi ch more commonly in Europe; they are nearly allied to the Cuscus, have a similar dentition and are distin- guished from the latter by reason of the roundish pupils, large ears, smooth fur, and a tail which is hairy for its entire length, except on the sur- face of the tip. The Vulpine Pha- One of the best-known species of lunger —Its Habits, this genus is the Vulpine Phalanger Range, etc. ( frichosurus vulpecula or Phalangista vulpina), an animal which appears to combine the graceful form of the Squirrel with that of the Fox. The body is twenty-four inches long, the tail eight- een inches. The upper surface of the body is of a brownish gray hue, with a fallow reddish tinge, very marked in places; the under parts are light ochre yellow, the throat and chest are generally of a rusty red, and the back, tail and whisker-hairs are black. The Vulpine Phalanger inhabits Australia and Tas- mania, and is one of the most common of all Aus- tralian Pouched Animals. Like its relatives, it lives exclusively on trees in the woods and its habits are thoroughly nocturnal. Its food is for the most part of a vegetable nature, but it by no means despises a little bird or some other vertebrate. Only two young ones are born to the female and they are carried in her pouch for a considerable time, but later she carries t
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