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[Feb. 18, 



obvious, and is nearly the only vestige of hair visible to the naked 

 eye that the very young yEjnprymnus, Potoroiis, and Phalangista 

 possess. But this carpal sense-organ is by no means confined to 

 the Diprotodontia. I have found it in Ferameles and in the 

 Rat-tailed Opossum {Diclelj)hys niulicavdata). 



The Oarnivora as a group are apparently characterized by the 

 existence of this organ. I have found it in representatives of 

 the ^luroidea (Domestic Oat, Lion, Cynictis levaillanti, Heiyestes 



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Right fore foot of Petcmrus sciureus ; ventral surface. 

 H, tuft of viorisssB. 



piblverulenta), the Arctoidea {Putorius, Otter, Mustela, the Coati), 

 but I do not find it in the Dogs. There are, however, apart from 

 the Dogs, some exceptions to its occurrence in the Oarnivora. It 

 certainly does not exist either in Viven^a civetta or in V. tanga- 

 Iwiga. Oddly enough, I could not detect the tuft of hairs in the 

 Tiger, obvious though they are in the Lion. 



The Rodents again are, as a laile, to be characteiized by the 



