MACROPIDJi. PHILANDER. 139 



PHILANDER. 

 Teeth:— Incisors*- 5 ; Canines £ : Premolars gj; Molars £;=50. 



The Cinereous Opossum. Philander cinereus. 



a. Skull. South America. 



b, c. Skulls. Bolivia. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 



The Quica. Philander quica. 

 Metachirus quica, Burm., Faun. Bras. taf. 11. fig. 2 (skull), 1856. 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar (j 



Sacral 2 



Caudal 31 



•a. Stall. Coban, Tropical America.— The specimen described in 



Waterh. Nat. Hist. Mamm. i. p. 481, 1846. 

 *b. Skull. Santa Cruz, Bolivia. From Mr. Bridges' Collection. 

 *c. Skull. From Mr. Stevens's sale. 



d. Skull. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



e. Skull. Chico. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 

 /. Skeleton : male. Brazil. From M. Verreaux's Collection. 



The Philander. Philander opossum. 

 Metachirus opossum, Burm., Faun. Bras. taf. 11. fig. 1 (skull). 

 Didelphvs philander, Gervais in Castelnau, Amerique du Sud d 100 



pi. 20. fig. 5 (dentition). ' r " 



Sarigue, Buff., Hist. Nat. x. p. 334. pi. 50 (skeleton). 



The Naked-tailed Opossum. Philander nudicaudatus. 

 *a. Skull. Brazils. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 



The Crab-eater. Philander marsupialis. 



Cayopillan, Buff, Hist. Nat. x. p. 362. pi. 57. fig.l (skeleton), fi ff s. 2 3 

 (skull). " ° 



*a. Skull. Tropical America. 



*b. Skull. From Mr. Bartlett's Collection. 



*c. SkuU. 



*d. Skull : young. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



Philander crassicaudatus. 



Didelphvs crassicaudata, Waterhouse, Zool. of H.M.S. Bea<de Mamm 

 p. 94. pi. 30. fig. 25 a-d (skull) ; Nat. Hist. Mamm. i. p. 497. 



*a. Skull. 



h. Skeleton. La Plata. From M. Bravand's Collection. 



c Skull. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



