1, BIDELPHTS, 339 



6. Didelphys lanigera. 



Micour^ laineux, Azara, Quadr. Parag. i. p. 275 (1801). 



Didelphys lanata, III. Ahh. Ah. Berl. 1811, p. 107 (1815) (sine descr.). 



Didelpliys lanigera, Desm. Mamm. i. p. 258 (1820) ; Sckinz, Oiiv. 



Thierr. i. p. 887 (1821) ; id. Diet. Sci. Nat. xlvii. p. 399 (1827) ; 



Oray, Oriff. Om. An. K. v. p. 190 (1827) ; Less. Man. Mamm. 



p. 213 (1827) ; J. B. Fisch. Syn. Mamm. p. 209 (1829) ; Rengg. 



Saug. Parag. p. 225 (1830) ; Less. H. N. Mamm. (Compl. Buf.) 



V. p. 366 (1886) ; Waterh. Jard. Nat. Lihr., Mamm. xi. p. 98 (1841) ; 



Wagn. Schr. Sdug. Supp. iii. p. 46 (1843), v. p. 233 (1855) ; Schinz, 



Syn. Mamm. i. p. 607 (1844) ; Waterh. N. H. Mamm. i. p. 495 



(1846) ; Wagn. Abh. Ah. Munch, v. p, 139 (1847) ; Burm. Brlaut. 



Faun. Bras. p. 88 (1856) ; Gieb. Saug. p. 712 (1859) ; Natt. Pelz. 



Bras. Sdug., Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxxiii. Anh. p. 113 (1883) ; Jent. 



Notes Leyd. Mus. ix. p. 225, pi. iii. (skull) (1887) ; id. Cat. Ost. 



Leyd. Mus. p. 302 (1887). 

 Didelphys derhiana, Waterh. Jard. Nat. Libr., Mamm. xi. p. 97, pi. ii.* 



(animal) (1841); Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i.,p. 503 (1844); Waterh. 



N. IT. Mamm, I p. 493 (1846) ; Oerv. Casteln. Am. Stid, p. 100, 



pi. XX. flg. 4 (skull & teeth) (1855) ; Oieb. Saug. p. 711 (1859) ; 



Thos. P. Z. S. 1880, p. 403 ; Alst. Biol. Cent-Am., Mamm. p. 199, 



pi. xxii. (animal) (1881). 

 Miooureus laniger. Less. N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 186 (1842) ; Gerv. 



S. N. Mamm. ii. p. 287 (1855). 

 Didelphys ochropus, Wagn. Arch.f. Nat. viii. p. 859 (1842) ; Schinz. 



Syn. Mamm. i. p. 504 (1844) ; Wagn. Abh. Ak. Munch, v. p. 141 



(1847); id. Schr. Saug. Su'pp.y. p. 236 (1855); Burm. Erlaut. 



Faun. Bras, p, 88 (1856) ; Natt. Pelz. Bras. Sdug., Verh. z.-b. Wien, 



xxxiii. Anh. p. 113 (1883). 

 Didelphys ornata, Tsch. Faun. Peruana, Mamm. p. 146, pi. vii. (ani- 

 mal) (1844) ; Wagn. Schr. Sdug. Supp. v. p. 231 (1855) ; Burm. 



Erldut. Faun. Bras. p. 88 (1856) ; Totnes, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 268. 



WooLiT Opossum. 



Size rather larger than in the last species. Fur thick, soft and 

 very woolly, more so even than in D. philander. General colour 

 varying from a beautiful rich dark rufous to a pale bright fawn, 

 more or less variegated with white. Face greyish white, the cen- 

 tral dark stripe generally well defined, in some of the pale-coloured 

 specimens, however, hardly distinguishable. Area round eyes red- 

 dish. Centre of anterior back with a longitudinal white or greyish- 

 white line, which sometimes extends the whole length of the back to 

 the tail, but is on the other hand often entirely absent ; sides of neck 

 and back bright red. Underside greyish white, more or less tinged 

 with rufous ; the area round the scrotum or pouch generally 

 purer white. Arms and legs grey or pale rufous. Characters of 

 rhinarium, ears, hands and feet, pouch, number of mammae, &c., 

 apparently, so far as can be judged from skins, quite as in B. phil- 

 ander. Tail very long, its base furry on the upper side for from 

 one third to one half its length, but below the fur ends at a point 

 from one to three inches short of where it ends above, the edge of 

 the fur therefore forming a long slant across the sides of the tail, 



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