METACHIRUS. 
4. Metachirus. 
ae once 3 
Metachirus Burm., Thier. Bras., 1, 1854, p. 
nudicaudata E. Geoffroy. 
4 
5 - G2=. P2 3. M4 Ae ek co. 
= a o 
135. 
Type Didelphys 
Size medium; pouch rudimentary or well developed; three cen- 
tral hind toes subequal, longer than fifth; fur without bristles. Skull 
with temporal crests well developed. 
Fig. 3. METACHIRUS FUSCOGRISEUS. 
No. 8252 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Coll. Nat. size. Type. 
Ee UNO) Wishes, SHS CMaASy 
A. Under parts yellowish white. 
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ae Wpper parts erayish. brown. ............1 M.nudicaudatus 12 
b. Upper parts blackish, washed with gray..M. fuscogriseus 12 
c. Upper parts much paler, orbital ring larger. .M. 7. pallidus I 
