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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

Phalangista

page 8

Phalangista.

P. canina.

P. fuliginosa.

P. vulpina.

These three animals are varieties of the common Opossum. The first inhabits the Clarence River District, the second is found only in Tasmania, and the third is distributed generally over Australia. All have a brushy tail.

P. Cookii.

P. viverrina.

P. laniginosa.

The Ring-tailed Phalangers or Opossums are varieties of each other, and found in almost every part of Australia; the first occurs on the east coast; the second in the interior, on the south coast, and also in Tasmania; the third is a local variety of the Clarence River District. All these animals (Phalangers) are about the size of a half-grown cat; and they resemble in their dentition the great Flying Phalanger of the genus Petaurista.