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MARSUPIALIA. 



Classification of the Marsupialia. 



TRIBES. 



1. Sarcophaga. 



Three kinds of teeth, canines long in ' 

 both jaws; a simple stomach, no in- 

 testinum caecum . 



FAMILIES. 



Dasyuridas 



GENERA. 



SUB-GENERA. 



Extinct transitional forms 



2. Entomophaga. 



Three kinds of teeth in both jaws ; a 

 simple stomach, a moderately long 

 intestinum ccccwn. . 



f Thylacinus. 

 < Dasyurus. 

 v Phascogale. 

 { Phascolotherium. 

 i Thylacotherium(?) 



F OSS JI 



Ambulatoria . . . Myrmecobius. 



Saltatoria 



Scansoria 



3. Carpophaga. 

 Anterior incisors large and long in both-\ 



jaws ; canines inconstant ; stomach f r>, 



J . . , > rrialaiisnstiaae . 



simple, or with a special gland; at 



very long intestinum caecum 



4. Poephaga. 



Anterior incisors large and long in both 

 jaws; canines present in the upper 

 jaw only, or wanting ; a compl 

 stomach, a long intestinum ccccum 



5. Rhizophaga. 



Two scalpriform incisors in both jaws; 

 no canines ; stomach with a special 

 gland ; caecum short, wide, with 

 vermiform appendage 



Phascolarctidse . 



<\ Chaeropus. 

 j[ Perameles. 



Didelphys 

 f Phalangista . . . 



v.Petaurus ...... 



Phascolarctus. 



$ Didelphys. 

 ( Cheironectes. 



f Cuscus. 



< Psendocheirus. 

 vTapoa. 



C Petaurista. 



< Belidia. 

 C Acrobata. 



>th-v 

 >er f 

 ex f 

 J 



sr\ 



" 



Macropodidse 



PhascolomyidoE 



f Lagocheles. 



Ilypsiprymnus. j Halmaturus. 

 Macropus. \ Macropus. 



VOsphranter. 



Phascolomys. 

 Diprotodon.. . Fossil. 



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