. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. .'!7l' THE KOALA, OR AUSTRALIAN BEAR. are many gentle animals, to sudden and unexpected gusts of passion, and when it is excited by rage it puts on a very fierce look, and utters sharp and shrill yells in a very threatening manner. Its usual voice is a peculiar soft bark. The head of this animal has a very unique aspect, on account of the tufts of long hairs which decorate the ears. The muzzle is devoid of hair, but has the curious property of feeling like cotton velvet when gently strok
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. .'!7l' THE KOALA, OR AUSTRALIAN BEAR. are many gentle animals, to sudden and unexpected gusts of passion, and when it is excited by rage it puts on a very fierce look, and utters sharp and shrill yells in a very threatening manner. Its usual voice is a peculiar soft bark. The head of this animal has a very unique aspect, on account of the tufts of long hairs which decorate the ears. The muzzle is devoid of hair, but has the curious property of feeling like cotton velvet when gently stroked with the fingers. There is a naked patch of skin that begins at the muzzle and extends for a small space towards the head, and over the whole of this bare patch the peculiar velvety feeling is exhibited. The upper jaw projects slightly over the lower. The generic name, Phascolarctos, is of Greek origin, signifying "pouched bear," and is very appropriate to the animal. As soon as the young Koala is able to leave the pouch,. KOALA, OR AUSTRALIAN BEAR.— Phatcolarctos anen the mother transposes it to her back, where it clings with its hand-like paws, and remains there for some considerable time. It is said by those who have seen thp animal in its wild state, that it is truly deserving of the name of Australian Sloth, which has been applied to it because it is able to cling with its feet to the branches after the manner of the sloths, and to suspend itself from the boughs much after the same fashion. This animal is rather prettily colored, the body being furnished with fur of a fine gray color, warmed with a slight reddish tinge in the adult animal, and fading to a whitish-gray in the young. The claws are considerably curved, and black ; and the ears are tufted with long white hairs. In size it equals a small bull-terrier dog, being, when adult, rather more than two feet in length, and about ten inches in height, when standing. The circumference of the body is about e
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