. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. KOALA OE AUSTRALIAN POUCHED BEAK. Combining many â characteRstics of the Bear and the Sloth, although a true Marsupial, the Koala, with its short, thickset body, and large head is one of the most singular and interesting arboreal animals of Australia and Tasmania. â¢(Phascolarctus cinereus.) not live in burrows, but on the trees, in the woods, especially where there are tree-nuts. There are more of them on Ceram and Buru than on Amboina, for on the latter island they fear the people, who â catch them in a peculiar way a
. The animals of the world. Brehm's life of animals;. Mammals. KOALA OE AUSTRALIAN POUCHED BEAK. Combining many â characteRstics of the Bear and the Sloth, although a true Marsupial, the Koala, with its short, thickset body, and large head is one of the most singular and interesting arboreal animals of Australia and Tasmania. â¢(Phascolarctus cinereus.) not live in burrows, but on the trees, in the woods, especially where there are tree-nuts. There are more of them on Ceram and Buru than on Amboina, for on the latter island they fear the people, who â catch them in a peculiar way and eat them; for they are a delicacy for the natives, and when fried, the flesh tastes like that of a Rabbit. To capture one of these animals the hunt- er must stare fixedly at it when it is suspended by its tail; this will cause it to let go in fear and it will fall from the tree. However, it is not given to every one to be able to 'look a Cus- â¢cus off a tree.' The animals â¢eat green leaves, the outer shells of canary nuts, pisang and other succulent fruits. While eating they sit like â Squirrels. Between the hinaer legs is a pouch, in which from two to four young are ; In the forests all known species feed on fragrant fruit; in â confinement they also eat raw meat, in default of vegetable food. Their conduct in the cage or in a room is as little prepos 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 {Trichosurus) are seen much 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 under sur- face of the tip. The Vulpine Pha- One of the best-known species of langerâIts Habits, this genus is the Vulpine Phalanger Range, etc. ^ Trichosurus vulpecula
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