SYNOPSIS OF THE 



480. 6. D. Philander (Philander Opossum.) Head very 

 short ; muzzle blunt; head marked with a red central longi- 

 tudinal band ; eyes placed in a gray spot. Tail naked, longer 

 than the head ; and body spotted with brown. 



Didelphis Philander, Schreb. Temminck, Monog. 

 Icon. Schreb. vii. t. 147. 

 Inhab. 



* Females without a Pouch. 



481. 7. D. Cayopollin (Mexican Opossum.) Yellowish 

 gray above, whitish underneath, round the eyes, and upon 

 the nose ; tail brown, spotted with blackish, and much 

 longer than the body. 



D. Cayopollin, Gm. i. 106. Mus Africanus Cayopollin 

 dictus, Seba, Thes, t. 1. Philander Africanus, Brisson^ 

 Reg, Anim. 



Philandre de Surinam, Seba. Cayopollin, Buff. x. 350. 

 Mexican Opossum, Pennant. 



Icon. Seba^ Thes. i. pi. 31. f. 3. Buff. 10./. 55. Ency. 

 Method, t. 24. f. 5. 



Inhabits Mexico. 

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482. 8. D. Murina (Murine Opossum.) Yellow gray 

 above, very pale yellow underneath ; eyes surrounded with 

 brown ; tail naked, as long as the body. 



D. Murina, Gm. 107. 

 La Marmose, Buff', x. 335. 

 Murine Opossum, Shaw, i. 484. 

 Icon. Buff. x. if. 52 and 53. 

 Inhabits Cayenne and Surinam. 



483. 9. D. Cinerea (Gray Opossum.) Muzzle blunt ; 

 head small ; ears contracted at the base ; tail much longer 

 than the head and body, very hairy at the base, end white ; 



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