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126 MAMMALIA. 
Did, brachyura, Pall., Buff. Supp. VI, Ixi. (The Touan.) 
Black, blackish ; flanks of a vivid red; belly white ; tail shorter 
than the body». Less than a Rat. The three latter species are 
from South America. 
Finally, there is one known with palmated feet, which must 
be aquatic; it is not ascertained whether or not it has a pouch 
— it is the 
Curronectgs, IIlig.(1) 
Did. palmata, Geoft.; Lutra memina, Bodd.; La petite Loutre 
de la Guiane, Buff. Supp. Ill. xxii. Brown above, with three 
transverse grey bands, interrupted in ‘the middle, and white 
below ; larger than a. ‘Norway Rat. 
All the other Marsupialia inhabit eastern countries, New Holland 
particularly, a land whose animal population seems chiefly to belong 
to this family. 
> Tuyacinus, Temm.(2) 
The Thylacini are the largest of this first division. They are 
distinguished from the Opossums by the hind feet having no thumb ; 
‘ahairy, non-prehensile tail, and two incisors less in each jaw ; their 
molars are of the same number. They consequently have forty-six 
teeth; but the external edge of the three large ones is projecting and 
trenchant, almost like the carnivorous tooth of a Dog; their ears 
are hairy, and of a medium size... One species only i is known, the 
_ Did. cynocephala, Harris! Link, Trans. TX, pl, xix, 1, and 
Ency. Method., Mammif. Sipe pl. vii, f. 3. Size that¥of a 
_ Wolf, but stands lower; grey ; transverse black stripes on the 
crupper. It is very carnivorous, and pursues all small quadru- 
peds. From Van Dieman’s Land. | ee 
o. > 
PuascocaLe, Temm. “ o" 
The same number of teeth as the Thylacini, but the middle inci- 
sors are longer than the others, and the back molars more bristled, 
circumstances which approximate them more closely to the Sarigues. 
They are also allied to them by their small size; their tail however 
is not prehensile ; their hind thumb, though very short, is still very 
apparent. 
Did. penicillata, Shaw, Gen. Zool: oe a 0 NF Schreb. 
CLI, B, L. Ash coloured; tail furnished with long black 
(1) Chironectes, i. e. swimming with hands. 
(2) Thylacinus, from 6vaexes purse. A species of Thylacinus has also been 
found in the plaster quarries of Paris. 
