SPECIES OP MAMMALIA, 



groove ; canine ii, long ; cheek-teeth ^ or f| ; crowns 

 acutely tubercular ; head very long ; toes of fore-feet five, 

 distinct, the three middle largest, and the thumb nearly 

 rudimentary; hind-feet longer than the fore; toes four; tvsro 

 internal, very small, united and enveloped in the skin, so 

 that the claws only are'to be seen ; the third very long, with 

 a strong claw, and the outer very small; tail long, pointed; 

 base thick and naked beneath ; not prehensile. 



500. 1. P. Nasuta (the Long-nosed Pouched Badger.) 

 Head very long ; muzzle thin ; nose prolonged beyond the 

 jaws ; cutting teeth %' ; fur above gray-brown ; beneath 

 white. 



Parameles nasuta, Geoff. Ann. Mus. iv. 62. Thybais 

 nasuta, Illtge?-, Prod. 

 Icon. Gpoff. Ann. Mus. iv. t. 44, with skull and toes. 

 Inhab. New Holland, 



501. 2. P. Bougainvillia (Bougainville's Pouched-Bad- 

 ger.) Head long ; acute ears ; ovate, long ; body above 

 red ; beneath gray. 



Parameles Bougainvilliae, Quoit and Gaimard. 

 Icon. Quoit and Gaimard, FreydneVs Voyage. 

 Inhab. 



502. 3. P. Obesula (the Fat Pouch-Badger, or Porculine 

 Opossum of Shaw.^ Head rather short ; forehead con- 

 vex ; cutting teeth ^-^ ; fur above reddish-yellow ; beneath 

 white. 



Didelphis Obesula, Shaw, Gen. Zool. i. 490. Isoodon, 

 Geoff. Diet. Hist. Nat. ed. vi. Thylaris Obesula, llliger. 

 Prod. 76. Parameles Obesula, Geoff. Ann. Mus. iv. 64. 

 ; Icon. Shaio, Nat. Misc. n. 96. t. 298. Geoff. I. c. t. 45, 

 with skull. Ency. Method. Supp. t. 9. /. 5. 

 I Inhab. New Holland. 



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