330 DIDELPHYID^. 



(1803) ; Desm. jV. Diet. d'S. JV. (1) xx. p. 146 (1803) ; Blwmmb. 

 Man. SB. N. (Trad. Artaud.) i. p. 108 (1803) ; Turt. Linn. 

 S. K i. p. 65 (1806); Fisch. Zoogn. ii. p. 577 (1818); III. 

 Abh. Ak. Berl. 1811, p. 107 (1815) ; G. Ouv. R. A i. p. 173 

 (1817) ; -Desm. N. Diet. d'H. N. (2) ix. p. 423 (1817) ; id. Mamm. 

 i. p. 256 (1820) ; Sehim, Ouv. Thierr. i. p. 251 (1821) ; Besmoul. 

 Diet. Class. cHH. N. v. p. 491 (1824) ; Gray, Griff. Cm. An. K. 

 T. p. 187 (1827) ; Temm. Mon. Mamm. i. p. 41 (1827) ; Desm. 

 Diet. Sci. Nat. xlvii. p. 388 (1827) ; Less. Man. Mamm. p. 210 

 (1827) ; J. B. Figch. Syn. Mamm. p. 265 (1829) ; Waterh. Jard. 

 Nat. Libr., Mamm. xi. p. 92 (1841) ; Less. N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. 

 p. 186 (1842); Wagn. Schr. Sang. Supp. iii. p. 44 (1843), v. 

 p. 226 (1855) ; Tseh. Faun. Peruana, p. 144 (1844) ; Schinz, Syn. 

 Mamm. i. p. 501 (1844) ; WaUrh. N. S. Mamm. i. p. 485 (1846) ; 

 Gerv. Casteln. Am. Sud, Mamm. p. 100, pi. xx. fig. 6 (teetk) 

 (1855) ; Oieb. Saug. p. 711 (,1869) ; SeMeg. Dierent. p. 160 (1872) ; 

 Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. p. 301 (1887). 

 Didelphis marsupialis, Shaw, Gen. Zool. i. pt. ii. p. 476, pi. cviii. 



Sinimal) (1800) (nee Idnn.). 

 elphys quica, Temm. Mon. Mamm. i. p. 36 (1827) ; Desm. Diet. 

 Sci. Nat. xlvii. p. 3'87 (1827) ; Gray, Griff. Cm. An. K. v. p. 187 

 (1827) ; Less. Man. Mamm. p. 210 (1827) ; J. B. Fiseh. Syn. 

 Mamm. p. 265 (1829) ; Less. S. N. Mamm. {Compl. Buff.) v. 

 p. 364 (1836) ; Waterh. Cat. Mamm. Mus. Z. S. p. 64 (1838) ; id. 

 Jard. Nat. Libr., Mamm. xi. p. 90 (1841) ; Less. N. Tabl. R. A., 

 Mamm. p. 186 (1842) ; Wagn. Schr. Saug. Supp. iii. p. 42 (1843), 

 V. p. 225 (1855) ; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 500 (1844) ; Waterh. 

 N. S. Mamm. i. p. 480 (1846) ; Cabanis, Schomb. Reis. Brit. 

 Guiana, iii. p. 777 (1848) ; Gieb. Saug. p. 710 (1859) ; Tomes, 

 P. Z. S. 1861, p. 287 ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 139 

 (1862) ; Frantz. Arch. f. Naf. xxxv. p. 317 (1869) ; Alst. Biol. 

 Cent.-Am., Mamm. p. 198 (1881) ; Poultcm, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 617 

 (anat. tongue) ; Natt. Pelz. Bras. Saug., Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxxiii. 

 Anh. p. 110 (1883) ; Jmt. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. p. 301 (1887). 



Philander opossum, Cfray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 101 (1843). 



Didelphys (Metachirus) quica, Burm. Thiere Bras. i. p. 136 (1854). 



Metadiirus opossum and quica, Burm. Erldut. Faun. Bras. pp. 69 & 

 70, pis. vii. & Tiii. (animal), pi. xi. figs. 1 & 2 (skull) (1866) ; 

 Hens. Abh. Ak. Berl. 1872, p. 120. 



Qttica OpoBeuM. 



Size medium. Fur short, straight, rather crisp. General colour 

 above a clear glistening slaty grey, variable in its exact tone, darker 

 on the head, lighter on the flanks. Muzzle long and slender. 

 Pace dark brown or black, a pair of very prominent white spots 

 situated just above the eyes, often so large as to reduce the dark 

 space between them to a mere narrow Une. Lower part of rhinarium 

 with a single pair of lateral notches cutting the upper lip. Ears 

 large, leafy, rounded, their substance very thin, laid forward (in 

 spirit-specimens) they reach to the anterior canthus of the eye; 

 their colour white basally, black terminally (when dried apparently 

 whoUy black) ; a whitish spot often present behind them at their 

 bases. Belly yellowish, greyish, or pure white, not very sharply 



