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which is larger in front and over the upper lid, than be- 

 hind and on the under. The top of the head, occiput, and 

 upper and external parts of the body generally are of a 

 colour composed of ashen and fawn. The rest is whit- 

 ish, slightly tinctured with fawn. The tail is covered with 

 hair for a very little way, and the rest of it with scales, 

 considerably smaller than those of the Cayopollin. The 

 fawn-coloured tint of the fur varies as to depth in the dif- 

 ferent individuals of the species. There are fourteen nip- 

 ples in the females, placed between the folds of the skin 

 of the groins. 



M. Desmarest seems to think that the fourth or long- 

 tailed Micoure of D'Azara is to be referred to this species. 

 The tail however of this last is longer than that of the 

 Marmotte, and the fur of a mineral gray. 



The Marmose is found in the woods, and lives there 

 like other animals of the same genus, in search of small 

 prey. The little ones, in number generally from ten to 

 fourteen, are attached to the nipples after birth, and re- 

 main suspended there, like grapes, until they are in some 

 degree developed. Then they mount on the back of the 

 mother, who thus carries them about, having her tail 

 involved with theirs. 



The long-tailed Micoure of Paraguay, above-mentioned, 

 remains in the hollow trunks of trees, in rose-trees, bushes, 

 hedges, fyc, where it attaches itself by the tail. Don 

 Joseph de Casal, a friend of D'Azara, says, that size and 

 age make no apparent difference in the individuals of the 

 species ; and that the females have the abdominal pouch. 

 If this be the case, it will be necessary to distinguish this 

 animal as forming a particular species. 



The Marmose inhabits Cayenne and Surinam. 



The Touan, or short-tailed Opossum, (D. Tricolor vel 

 brachyura,) is the last Sarigue admitted by the Baron in 

 his " Regne Animal." Its length is something better than 



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