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moderately heavy. Instead of being toothless like the anteaters of 

 other orders they have an unusually large number of small teeth. 



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FIG. 184. Group of Marsupials (Polyprotodonts). A, Virginia Opossum, 

 Didelphys virginiana; B, Banded Ant-Eater, Myrmecobius fascialus; C, Native 

 Cat, Dasyurus viverrinus; D, Water Opossum, Chironectes minima; E, Marsupial 

 Mole, Notoryctes typhlops; F, Rabbit Bandicoot, Peragole lagotis; G, Thylacine 

 or Tasmanian Wolf, Thylacinvs cynocephalus; H, Tasmanian Devii, Sarcophilus 

 vrsinus. (All redrawn, A after Vogt and Specht, D, after Lydekker; B, after 

 Flower and Lydekker; E,, after Beddard; others, after Brehm.) 



