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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PER-PIG |
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PHALANGER , a book-name applied to the more typical representatives of the group of diprotodont marsupial mammals, including the cuscuses of the Moluccas
Celebes
Phalangers generally are small or medium
long , powerful, and often prehensile tails, large claws, and opposable nailless first hind toes. They seem in the day to be dull and sleepy, but are alert at night. They live mostly upon fruits, leaves and blossoms, although a few feed habitually upon insects, and all relish, in confinement, an occasional bird or other small animal. Several possess flying-membranes stretched between their fore and hind limbs, by the help of which they can make long and sustained leaps through the air, like flying-squirrels; but the possession of these flying-membranes does not seem to be any indication of special
rule
part
formula
always , the lower one very large and inclined forwards, and the canines normally f, cf which the inferior is always minute, and in one genus generally absent. The molars number either f or -. All the species here discussed are included in the sub-family Phalangerinae, of which the distinctive features, as well as those of the family Phalangerinae, are referred to under End of Article: PHALANGER If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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