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MARSUPIALIA. 
Classification of the Marsupialia. 
Tarses. 
1. Sarcoph 
both jaws; a simple stomach, no in- 
testinum cecum . 
aga. 
Three kinds of teeth, canines long in Thylacinus, 
2 Dasyuride ees ; 
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Extinct transitional forms .\sceese re eee ee ee ee) ¢ Thylacotherium(?) § 
2. Entomophaga. 
Three kinds of teeth in both jaws; a 
simple stomach, a moderately long ¢ Ambulatoria. .- Myrmecobius. 
SRECSEIRUM CCUM. . cc cecseccccecs 
Saltatoria 
Scansoria...... Didelphys .... Tree 
FAMILIES, 
GENERA. Suns-GENERA. 
Dasyurus. 
Phascogale. 
§ Phascolotherium. } Fossil 
¢ Cheropus. 
? Perameles. 
3. Carpophaga. E Cuscus. 
Anterior incisors large and long in both Phalangista .... Peter 
jaws; canines inconstant; stomach 4: ‘apoa. 
simple, or with a special gland; a Phalangistide ; - Petaurista. 
very long intestinum cecum ....+. Petaurus ....++4 Belidia. 
Acrobata. 
Phascolarctide.. Phascolarctus. 
4. Poephaga. 
Anterior incisors large and long in both J Lagocheles. 
jaws; canines present in the upper € yy. 15 podide Br aS gre Halmaturus. 
jaw only, or wanting; a complex ** ¢ Macropus. Macropus. 
stomach, a long intestinum c@cum.. Osphranter. 
5. Rhizophaga. 
Two scalpriform incisors in both jaws; at is 
no canines; stomach with a special . § Phascolomys. 
gland; caecum short, wide, with a Phascolomyide . *UDiprotodon.,, Fossil. 
vermiform appendage ..seee.seees 
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