MARSUPIAL QUADRUPEDS. 



77 



Fig. 65 Great Kangaroo. 



what like a thumb, as it can be brought in opposition ta 

 the other toes for grasping. They can therefore be call- 

 ed, like the monkeys, Pedimana, or foot-handed animals. 

 The pouch in the abdomen for their young, however, 



places them decided- 

 ly among the Marsu- 

 pials. 



132. The Virginia 

 Opossum, Figure 66, 

 found in many of the 

 Southern States of 

 this country, is one 

 of the largest of the 

 genus, being about 

 the size of a cat. It 

 is nocturnal ^and ar- 

 Fig. 66.— Virginia Opoflsmn. borcal. It remains in 



