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are all the canine animals noticed. The authour fully agrees with Prince 

 Maximilian that the Fox is distinct from the Can. cinereo-argentaius of 

 North America. Six species of Cats, besides the domestic, form a for- 

 midable list of purely predaceous quadrupeds. They are 26. Felis Onga, 

 L., {Yaguar); 27. Fel. concnlor, L., [Guaziiara] ', 28. Fel. PardallSf 

 L., [Chibiguazu] ; 29. Fel. macroura, Wied, of which Dr. Rengger 

 saw only a mutilated specimen; 30. Fel. Yaguarondi, Desm., (Eyra- 

 hu) ; 31. Fel. Eyra, Desm., [Eyra-pyta) ; and 32. Fel. Catus domes- 

 ticns. L. No. 30. appears to be considered by our authour as peculiar 

 to Paraguay, and as having been hitherto described by D'Azara only : 

 we presume therefore that he excludes from this species the larger indi- 

 viduals from Surinam and Essequibo, which have been ascribed to it by 

 M. Temminck and other writers. Both it and No. 31, which had cer- 

 tainly remained unnoticed except by D'Azara, are very fully described. 

 The Marsupialia comprehend only three species ; a circumstance 

 calculated to excite some surprise when we recollect that D'Azara 

 describes twice that number. But it must be observed that the latter 

 authour embraced in his work a much more extensive tract of country ; 

 and this may also account for the absence from the present publication of 

 several other animals described by him. The species in question, all 

 designated by the native name of Micure, are : 33. Didelphis j^zarts, 

 Temm.; 34. Did. lanigcra, Desm.; and 35. Did. crassicaudata, Desm. 

 There is much interesting information, which we regret that we have not 

 space to analyze, relative to the mode of reproduction of these singular 

 animals. 



Of Hodentia we have thirteen species, of which four belong to the 

 genus Mtts. These are: 36. Mas .^nguya, Desm.; 37. Mus rufus, 

 Desm. ; 38. Mus callosus, P^engg. ; and 39. Mus longilarsus, Rengg. 

 The two latter are described as new. No. 38 is said to be in appear- 

 ance like a young Mas Rattus; but the bristles surrounding the mouth 

 are much shorter, being scarcely six lines in length ; the ears are oval, 

 nine lines in height and six in breadth; the tail does not run out into a 

 point, but ends abruptly, and is curved downwards; the claw of the 

 rudimental thumb is perfectly flat ; and there exist on the soles of the 



