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MAMMALIA. 



ance with the arboreal life. With respect to the dentition these 

 animals are intermediate between the Glirina and Halmaturidce. 



Fain. Phascolarctidse. Body stout, unwieldy, head thick, ears large, and 

 tail quite rudimentary. Plutxcnlari-tux i-i/im-nx Goldf.. Koala. Dentition 



New South Wales. 



c.' i. p. m. >n. 



Fam. Phalangistidse. Of slender form, with prehensile tail. Petaunm 

 Desin. : /'. jn/ij iiitfux Desm., scarcely 4 inches long : Phalumjixtti 



n/ljiina 



Desm. (fig. <!85) ; P. 

 rircrrhm. New South Wales; Tar- 

 t i'n t us Gerv. 



ui'xittii Tenim . Celebes: P. (TrJi-ln 



Tribe 4. Rapacia (carnivo- 

 rous Marsupials). The den- 

 tition presents the characters 

 of that of the Insectivora and 

 Carnivora. Stomach without 

 glandular apparatus. The 

 ca?cum is but slightly de- 

 veloped. Some are climbers, 

 some jumpers and runners. 



Fam.Peramelidse (Entomophaga) . 



Bandicoots. With elongated hind 

 legs and pointed snout, as in the 

 Iiixi'ctinn-n. They dig holes in the 

 earth. Paramelcn inixnto Geoffr.. 

 New South Wales. 



Fam. Dasyuridse. Native cuts. 

 devils, etc. With distinct car- 

 nivorous characteristics and hairy 

 tail, which is not prehensile. 

 Mi/rmiToliinx faxi-intiix Waterh.. 

 Marsupial Ant-eater ; PJiftxror/tilr 

 jH'tticilltitti Temm. Bloodthirsty 

 and bold carnivorous animal of the 

 s i ze O f a squirrel, in a certain sense 

 Australia, Ph. fla-rlp'* Waterh., yellow-footed 



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Marsupial mouse : Dtixi/iirux rini-r/inix Geoffr., Dentition: i. :^ c - ^ 



New South Wales ; Tltyl acinus ctinwplmlii* A. Wagn.. Tasmanian Wolf. 

 Fam. Didelpliyidae (Pedimana). Opossums. 



with tolerably pointed snout, large eyes and ears, and usually long prehensile 

 tail. The feet have five toes. On the hind foot the inner toe is opposable. 

 l)iili'lj>lnjs cirginianu Shaw : 1>. rancricora Gin., Brazil, with completely 

 prehensile tail : D. opossum L. ; JJ. pltilantln- L. : I), dorxigcra L., Surinam. 



Pis. 685.TricJiositru* nt 

 the Weasel of South and West 



Dentition: i. ~e. -p. m. ^ m -^ : 



