DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS 



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pials, animals which usually carry their young in a pouch. 

 The only members of the family existing at present else- 

 where are the American 

 opossums. The largest 

 of the marsupials is the 

 great kangaroo which 

 measures between seven 

 and eight feet from its 

 nose to the tip of its 

 tail. Although it has 

 four feet, yet it runs 

 by making extraordi- 



OPOSSUM. 



Many opossums have no pouch but carry 

 their young on their hacks. 



nary leaps with its strong 

 hind feet. Here is also 

 found one of the most singular of all living animals, the 



A KANGAROO FEEDING. 

 Notice the peculiar position it is forced to take because of its short front legs. 



