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tubercles. The upper incisors are ten in number, 

 the external ones of which are pointed and se- 

 parated. The lower incisors are six only. Their 

 molars are the same as those of the Sarigues. They 

 have forty-eight teeth in all. The tail is hairy and 

 not prehensile. They also inhabit Australasia. 

 Their large nails, almost straight, denote that they 

 dig into the ground, and their long hind-feet that 

 their course must be rapid. 



The Perameles with pointed muzzle, {Perameles Nasutus, G.) 

 Ann. du Mus. IV. 



With muzzle exceedingly elongated, pointed 

 ears, and fur of a grayish-brown . It resembles 

 the tensee at the first glance. 



The second subdivision of the Marsupiata pos- 

 sesses in the lower jaw, two long and large incisors, 

 pointed, and with trenchant edges, inclining for- 

 wards, and having six corresponding ones in the 

 upper jaw. Their upper canines are also long and 

 pointed. But the lower canines are such exces- 

 sively small teeth, that they are often concealed by 

 the gums. The last sub-genus is even sometimes 

 found to want these lower teeth altogether. 



Their regimen is in a great measure frugivorous. 

 Their intestines, and above all, their ceecum, is ac- 

 cordingly longer than those of the Sarigues. They 

 have all a large thumb, so much separated from the 

 other toes as to have the appearance of being di- 

 rected backwards almost like that of birds. It is 



