. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. TARSIPES 145 developed iii two not very distant forniR. As in the Kangaroos, the atlas is open below. Pit. ursimis has 15 ribs ; the other species the normal (for Marsupials) 13. Other points of likeness will be mentioned nnder the description of the Koala. These animals. - e^^^.aud Pig. 72.—Skull ofWombat. Phascolomys itxnnbat. (Lateral view.) ««</, Angular pro- cess ; cond, condyle of mandible ; , exoccipital ; ^ opening of bony auditory ; ju, jugal ; Icr, lachrymal; max, maxilla; nas, nasal; p. mux, premaxilla ; sq, squamosal;
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. TARSIPES 145 developed iii two not very distant forniR. As in the Kangaroos, the atlas is open below. Pit. ursimis has 15 ribs ; the other species the normal (for Marsupials) 13. Other points of likeness will be mentioned nnder the description of the Koala. These animals. - e^^^.aud Pig. 72.—Skull ofWombat. Phascolomys itxnnbat. (Lateral view.) ««</, Angular pro- cess ; cond, condyle of mandible ; , exoccipital ; ^ opening of bony auditory ; ju, jugal ; Icr, lachrymal; max, maxilla; nas, nasal; p. mux, premaxilla ; sq, squamosal; ty, tympanic. (From Parker and Haswell's Zonlmjij.) mainly feed upon roots ; they live in companies in burrows. There are three species—Ph. ursinus, Ph. latifrons, and Ph. mitchelli. Ph. ursinus is Tasmanian in range, the other two species South Australian. Sub-Fam. 4. Tarsipedinae.—The genus TarsiiMs ought per- haps to be removed from the present family. There is but a single species, which is a small creature of 7 inches in total length, of which the tail measures 4 inches. The teeth are much dwindled, the formula being I f .0 ^ Pm ^ M :] = 22. The lower incisors are procumbent. The lower jaw, moreover, has not the characteristic Marsupial inflection. The intestinal canal is without the caecum present in the remaining Phalangeridae. It is a curious fact that this aberrant little Phalanger should come from Western Australia, lilvc the even more aljerrant MyrmecoMus. Like the latter also, Tarsiiges a long exsertile tongue, with which, however, it extracts honey from flowers. Probably it also catches minute insects in the corollas of the flowers. It has been proved, in fact, that in captivity at any rate the animal is insectivorous; for it has been known to eat moths. Fam. 3. Epanorthidae.—The extinct Epanorthidae of Pata- VOL. X L. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colorat
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