504 



WHITE-TAILED OPOSSUM. 



New Holland O. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 2$. 

 Opossum. Haiaskew. voy. $.p. 586. Cook's last voy. i.p. 108. 

 pi. 4. 



THIS is described as about twice the size of a 

 rat; and of a rusty brown colour above, whitish 

 beneath : the hair soft and glossy ; the tail taper, 

 and nearly the length of the body; it is covered 

 with brown hair to within about four inches and 

 a half at the end, where it is white, bare, and 

 prehensile; the ears are short and rounded, and 

 the face rather long. This species is a native of 

 New Holland, and is described, but not very dis- 

 tinctly, in the voyages above referred to. 



URSINE OPOSSUM. 



Didelphis Ursina. D.Jlavescens, labio superior? bifido. 

 Yellowish O. with bifid upper lip. 



THE largest of all the Opossums : size of a Bad- 

 ger: colour pale yellow: fur longish and sub- 

 erect : nose strongly divided by a furrow. 



Native of New Holland : a species very lately 

 discovered, and not yet fully or satisfactorily 

 known or described. 



