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they cling to the teats (four in number). The teeth are all small, and are mostly 
separated from one another by distinct intervals; those of the cheek-series are 

JERBOA POUCHED-MOUSE (2 nat. size). 
either eight or nine in number on each side of both the upper and lower jaw, thus 
making a total of either fifty-two or fifty-six teeth—a greater number than in 




THE BANDED ANTEATER (} nat. size). 
any other existing members of the order. In many of the above-mentioned points 
this creature differs widely from all the other Dasyurida, and there is considerable 
justification for the view that 1t ought to constitute a family by itself. The banded 
