The Wild Animals of Australasia: Embracing the Mammals of New Guinea & the Nearer Pacific Islands |
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animals Aru Islands Aust back of ears band BANDICOOT basal base of tail bats belly blackish Brit brownish buff buffy chest chin claws coarse dark brown darker dull Dutch New Guinea Ears short evenly fawn female Forearm Fur long Fur short Fur soft Fur thick Genus Gould granulated greyish brown grizzled grey hairs of back hairy hallux hands and feet Head and body hind-foot Hist inches incisors inner sides Island kangaroo laid forward reaching length lighter limbs longer hairs male Mammę Mars MARSUPIAL Matschie Monot murina naked neck Northern Territory OPOSSUM outer pads paler Papua patch PHASCOGALE Phascogale posterior Proc Queensland Rhinarium RING-TAIL OPOSSUM round rufous rump skull slaty grey smaller South Australia South Wales species spot stripe suffused surface white Tasmania terminal Thomas toes upper surface WALLABY WALLABY Macropus Western Australia whitish woolly yellow yellowish Zaglossus bruijnii Zool