SYNOPSIS OF THE 



IX. 425. Third Micoure, with a thick tail, d'Azara, Quad, 

 du Paraguay. 



In the female specimen described by d'Azara, there were 

 four mammce on one side, and but two on the other, which 

 fact, in addition to other observations made by M. Desma- 

 rest, seems to have induced that naturalist to suspect that 

 the teats in these animals are developed at the time only 

 of suckling, and then only in number corresponding with 

 the young. 



487- 13. D. Lanigera (Woolly Opossum.) Fur woolly, 

 snuff colour above, whitish underneath ; tail nearly trian- 

 gular at its insertion, longer than the body, and naked on 

 the upper side only, for about a third of its length ; a fold 

 of skin instead of a marsupial pouch. 



Didelphis Lanigera, Desm. Mam. D. Cayopollin, Desm. 

 Diet. Hist. Nat. 



The second, or woolly Micoure of d'Azara, Quad, of 

 Paraguay. 



Inhabits Paraguay. 



Obs. Only two individuals of this species appear to have 

 been seen and described. 



488. 14. i).5racA?/Mra(Touan, or Short-Tailed Opossum.) 

 Blackish-bro^vn on the back, brightish red on the flanks, 

 and white on the belly ; tail short, covered with hair to the 

 end ; a fold of skin instead of a marsupial pouch. 



D. Brachyura, Pallas, Act. Petrop. 1780. D. Tricolor, 

 Geoff. Col. Mus. Desm. 

 Touan, Buff. Sup. vii. 



Icon. Pallas, Act. Petrop. t. 5. Buff. Sup. \u.pl. 4. 

 Inhabits Cayenne and Paraguay. 



489. 15. D. SebcB (Seba's Opossum.) Fur deep red, 

 brown above, and on the flanks, beneath whitish ; tail half 

 as long as the body. 



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