. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. MARSUPIALIA out laterally, owing to the numerous air-cells situated in the substance of the squamosal. The Phalangers are interesting from an historical point of view, since the Gray Cuscus {Phalanger orienialis) was the first of the Marsupials of the eastern hemisphere brought to the notice of Europeans, having been described in a work published at Leyden in 1611, from an account of a specimen seen at Amboyna during the third expedition of Admiral Van der Hagen. The present family corresponds to the Dasyuridce among the. P
. An introduction to the study of mammals living and extinct. Mammals. MARSUPIALIA out laterally, owing to the numerous air-cells situated in the substance of the squamosal. The Phalangers are interesting from an historical point of view, since the Gray Cuscus {Phalanger orienialis) was the first of the Marsupials of the eastern hemisphere brought to the notice of Europeans, having been described in a work published at Leyden in 1611, from an account of a specimen seen at Amboyna during the third expedition of Admiral Van der Hagen. The present family corresponds to the Dasyuridce among the. Pio. K.—Tarsipes rostraUis. Prom Gould. Polyprotodonts as presenting, on the whole, the most generalised types of the suborder. The existing forms may be divided into three subfamilies. Subfamily Tarsipedinse.—Cheek-teeth almost rudimentary and variable in number. Tongue long, slender, pointed, and very ex- tensile. Tail long. Caecum absent. TarsipesJ—So named from some supposed resemblance of its foot to that of the Lemurine genus Tarsius; but it must be remarked that it has none of the peculiar elongation of the calcaneum and navicular so characteristic of that genus. Head with elongated ^ Gervais and , Proc. Zool. Soc. 1842, p. ].. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Flower, William Henry, 1831-1899; Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915. London, A. and C. Black
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