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The following table contains the measurements in detail of a fresh specimen from near Wash- 
ington: 
General dimensions. 
Inches. | Lines. Inches. | Lines. 
DORE TO OCOD as miecinst aeemaie a dna smn = PR SS ae Ears, width Be a ae a 2 7 
Lh eau eee eS eee 2 7 Arm, between claws across shoulder --- 1 9 
COMES 2h 2 eS ee eae 5 6 length of fore arm ....-. -..---- 3 9 
TEE TONG ORIEN Seas chad n ssc eua se 19 6 from elbow to end of claws--.-.--- by 3 
to end of outstretched hind legs--.-| 27  |..------ f0Ye:f00U faa see a2 eo ee ee ee 2 6 
Tail, from root to end of vertebrae ~.--.-- LT Mell eR ee longest, claw it 2 -3- Se Sse ee eh oe ee 
from root to end of hairs......-.--- Noe S Seances Leg, from knee joint to end of claws .-- 6 6 
Ears, height posteriorly.-.----..------- 2 5 BMA Soha. Sos saat AE ee 4 P18 
height anteriorly -.=-.----.s------ 1 9 hind foot from heel to end of claws- oi alseeee 
height above canthus -......------ 2 2 |i longest claw... <—-. is so ncecnnsn|=saceme= [sao eee 
height internally above skull ------|--------|-------. Weight aoe - (522.5 eee 7 Ibs. | thin. 
List of specimens. - 
Catalogue | Corresponding | No. of spe- | Sex & Locality. Whence obtained. Nature of specimen. 
number. | No. of skull. cimen. age. 
ace t Soe See eee Se eee ania Washington, D. C_-------- "National Institute_..| Mounted -......--- 
2A. eee se Ae SES PASE SE a ie Pots <3 S225. Sahoo Marketise. 2.222222 Invalcohal_2225.-2— 
484 TGS Bee es wana Git leases AO... atseneeees oe ete aae sc cosane se pees: (emp Ne Se ae, 
ete feoge = soos toe 3 ° Carlisle Pay ase eee S.. aid sane ee EB2t dOs8an 2 eee 
CTD gl pd a el la a Sa © "| Calcasien, La. -----5-- 2225 - G. Wiirdemann -----'---- does 2. Joes aaa 
ae 1097 be ceadse |oss.22| Washington, Miss. 2: -s2.--| Col. Wailes2..-.2--2! (Skull <2 S5e ame 
pee ae Soe 2200 Sees ae leaee ae bobs, SUMON- sania) Gass —-.|| SiePa Postel’: aes Gees ec 
DIDELPHYS CALIFORNICA. 
Texas Possum. 
Didelphys californica, BennetT, Pr. Zool. Soc. I, 1833, 40. 
Wacner, Suppl. Schreb. III, 1843, 40.—In. V, 1855, 223. 
Warernouse, N. H. Mamm, I, 1846, 476. 
Aun. & Bacu. N. A. Quad. III, 1854, 331. 
Burmeister, Erlaut. Fauna Brasiliens, 1856, 63. (Seems somewhat different.) 
? Didelphys breviceps, Benn. Pr. Zool. Soc. I, 1833, 40. 
Wacner, Suppl. Schreber, III, 1843, 40.—Is. V, 1855, 224. 
Warennouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm., I, 1846, 478. 
Aup. & Bacu. N. A. Quad. III, 1854, 224. 
Didelphys pruinosa, Wacner, Suppl. Schreber, III, 1843, 40, (note.)—Is. V, 1855. 
Wareruovuse, N. H. Mamm. I, 1846, 477. 
Sp. Ca —Hairs whitish with brown tips, imparting a nearly black shade. Body with numerous long white hairs mixed with the 
rest. Legs and feet entirely dark brown or black to the claws. Head dusky above and below, with a brown lateral streak 
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