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HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS 



THE SPOTTED OPOSSUM OF NEW 

 SOUTH WALES. 



THE general colour of this animal is black ; the 

 body spotted with irregular roundish patches of 

 white ; the ears are large and erect ; muzzle long, 

 pointed, and furnished with long slender whiskers ; 

 both fore and hind legs thinly covered with hair of 

 an ash colour; on the fore feet it has five claws, 

 and on the hind four; length, from nose to tail, 

 about twenty-five inches ; tail thick and bushy, like 

 that of a Squirrel, except a part near the body, 

 which is small, and covered with short hairs. The 

 female has six teats, placed circularly within the 

 pouch. 



THE VULPINE OPOSSUM OE NEW 

 SOUTH WALES. 



Is long-nosed and short-legged ; from the nose to 

 the insertion of the tail, measures two feet two 

 inches ; tail fifteen inches ; upper part of the body 



