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MAMMALIA. 



ciiiiinrR arc \;'aiit.iiiL':, and tiir middle incisors do not iirnjcct beyond the others. The unequal size oi 

 the liiiiii^ is even ninrc rciii;ii'lwi.iile, so that they advanee on all fours with ditilcnlty and slowly, hut 

 make iiiiinense Icap^ <\n liieir liind-fect, the great nail of wliirh (almost in tlie shajje of a hoof) serves 

 tliem likewise for defence, as, by supporting themselves on one foot and their enormous tail, they can 

 inflict a severe blow with that which is at liberty.''' They are ven,^ gentle, herbivorous animals, their 

 grinders presenting only transverse ridges : they possess five in all, of which the anterior are 

 more or less trenchant, and fall with age, so that older individuals have often only three. Their 

 stomach is formed of two elongated sacs, that are inflated at several places like a colon : the eojcura 

 also is large and inflated. The radius allows a complete rotation of the fore-arm. 



The penis in these two geiK^ra is not bifurcated; Ijut the female organs are similar to those of other 



The Great Kangaroo (M. i)>nini\ Hlciwi.— Smiiotirncs 

 six t>('t in ln_'i;,dit, bein;; the I;u-;;Lst ,'miiiKil of Xl'w HijI- 

 l;iiiil. It was discovered by Cook in 1779, and is now 

 bn*i| ill Kiirope. Tlie tlesh is said to resemble venison. 

 The younjj: ones, which are only an incli loni,'' at birth, 

 remain in the maternal pouch even "when tliey are old 

 enough to graze, Avhich they effect by stretchinu^ out the 

 neck from their domicile, when the mother herself is 

 feeding. Tliese animals live in troops, conducted by the 

 old males. t They make enormous leajis. [Numerous 

 other species are now known, which have e\'en been ar- 

 ranged into subgenera : these, howe^'er, are not gene- 

 rally adopted. They degrade in size to smaller than a 

 Hare.] 



The fifth subdivdsion has two long incisors 

 in the lower jaw, but no canines; in the upper 

 two long; middle incisors, with some small ones 

 [four in number] placed laterally, and tiA'O 



t Kfvng-aro. 



small canines. It eomprehends but one genus, 



The Koala {Keala, Cuv. ; Lipurus, Goldf. ; Phoscolarctos%, Blainv.),— 

 Which presents a short, stout body, and short legs, \vit.hout any [or rather with a short] tail : their ante- 

 rior toes, five in number, separate into two groups 



for prelieusion, the thumb and index antagonizing 

 with the otiii-r three. On the hind-feet there is 

 no thumb; ami the iir^t two toes are united as in 

 the Pliahtngers and Kangaroos. [There are five 

 molars in each jaw, s([uarc, wilh four tubereh's e;ii 

 excepting the first. This animal iii e^si.'utially a 

 Phalangcr wiih a slmrt Jail.] 

 One only is kiKiwn (/-v-. rnu-rn>f;, Gohlfiiss.)— Of a 



2-ri-yish cul ■. wliicb jiasses its fife partly upon trees, 



■,v,\<\ (.artiv ill liiiiiitws wliicb it excavates at their foot 

 ,li_' carries her young fur a lung time 



?-/ 



(iiir. +4.) Till- 

 (Ml lier back. 



Finally, onv sixth ilivisiou 

 animals, consisting of 



of tlie il 



n-sniiia 



The AA^ombat {P/fa.'icnlomi/^, Geof. ; \^JiuJ)U)lif<, Bass]), — 

 rnniprc'licnils a true Kotlciit according to tlic tcetli ami intestines, -n-hieh preserves its rclationsliip witli 

 tlie Carjirinn "Illy in tlie mode of articulation of its lower jaw ; and ^^iliell, in a rigor«us system, it 



