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NATURAL HISTORY OF THE KANGAROO.
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pointed muzzle, and its teeth are reduced to minute pointed processes, few in number, 6—6/5—5, situated far apart in each jaw.
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Fig. 10.—Cuscus Orientalis.
The genus Cuscus, closely allied to Phalangista, is found in New Guinea and the adjacent islands to Timor (Fig. 10).
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Fig. 11.—The Wombat (Phascolomys).
Another animal, the wombat, Fig. 11 (Phascolomys), forms by itself a distinct family, Phascolomyidæ. It is a burrowing nocturnal