MACROPID^l. 



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GROUP OP MACROPID/C. 



MACROPIOE. 



THE EXTRAORDINARY animals which are grouped together under the title of Macro- 

 pidae are, with the exception of the well-known opossum of Virginia, inhabitants of 

 Australasia and the islands of the Indian Archipelago. 



Many of these creatures, such as the kangaroo, some of the opossums, and the 



