SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Micoure premier, d'Azara, Quad, du Paraguay. 



Icon, 



Inhabits South America. 



477. 3. D. Cancrivora (the Cayenne, or Crab-eating 

 Opossum.) Yellowish, mixed with white ; a brown line 

 upon the forehead. 



D. Marsupialis, Lin. Sys. Nat. i. 71. D. Cancrivora, 

 Gm. Sys. Nat. Philander maximus orientalis, Seba. 



Crabier, (the male) Buff. Sup. vir. D. Carcinophaga, 

 (the female) Bodd. Molucca Oppossum, Shaw. 



Icon. Buff. Sup. VII. pi. 54. Seba. Thes. v. 1. 38. 



Inhabits Cayenne and Surinam. 



478. 4. D. Quica (Quica Opossum.) Tail longer than the 

 body and head, nearly half hairy, and white ; above blackish- 

 yellow, with a silvery hue ; upper part of the head blackish, 

 with three white bands ; chin white; belly reddish ,• size of 

 a Pole-Cat. 



Didelphis Quica, Temminck, Monog. pa. 36. Quica of 

 the Brazilians. 



Icon. 



Inhabits Brazil. 



479. 5. D. Opossum (the Four-eyed Opossum.) Yel- 

 lowish above, almost white underneath ; a pale white spot 

 above each eye ; tail hairy, part only of its length. ^ ■ 



D. Opossum, Lin. Sys. Nat. i. 105. 



Sarigue,or Opossum, Buff. x. 279. Philander, Seba, iv. 

 Carigueia of the Brazilians ; Le Quatreoeil on moyen Sa- 

 rigue de Cayenne, Cuv. Reg. Animal. 



Icon. Buff. X. t. 45. t. 46. Seba i. t. 30. Shaw, Gen. 

 Zool. I. t. 108. 



Inhabits Cayenne commonly, and probably other parts 

 of America. 



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