Phalanger Collection

All the animals whose pelts were favoured by the fashion industry in 1908. 1. American Wolf, 2. Brown Bear, 3. Skunk, 4. Canadian Wolf, 5. Coyote, 6. Grey Squirrel, 7. Common Squirrel, 8

Sloth bear, Melursus ursinus. Vulnerable. The Ursine Sloth in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by W. Panormo after an illustration by W

Swamp wallaby and yellow-bellied glider
Swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, and yellow-bellied glider, Petaurus australis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1838

Cuscus, yellow-bellied glider, feathertail
Northern common cuscus, Phalanger orientalis 3, yellow-bellied glider, Petaurus australis 4, feathertail glider, Acrobates pygmaeus 5, Peziza fungi 1 and Psygmatocerus wagleri beetle 2

Yellow-bellied glider, Petaurus australis (Greater flying phalanger, Didelphis petaurus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward

Common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula (Vulpine phalanger, Didelphis vulpina). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward

Koala, Tasmanian devil, thylacine and white phalanger
Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus 1, Phascolarctos koala, endangered Tasmanian devil, Sarcophilus harrisii 2, Didelphis ursina, extinct Tasmanian tiger or thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalus 3

Sugar glider, Petaurus breviceps, and northern common cuscus, Phalanger orientalis.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris

CUSCUS
(phalanger orientalis) Previously known as the Phalanger, this marsupial comes in various sub-species. The lower illustration shows the Flying Dwarf Phalanger. Date: circa 1830

Animal / Phalanger 1909
The vulpine phalanger (trichosurus vulpecula)

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