THE VELLOW-FOOTED POUCHED MOUSE. 119 
is the animal which is known in Australia by the popular name of 
Native Cat. 
They are all inhabitants of Australasia, the Common Dasyure being found 
numerously enough in New Holland, Van Diemen’s Land, and some parts of 
Australia. The habits of all the Dasyures are so very similar that there is no 
need of describing them separately. They are all rather voracious animals, 
feeding upon the smaller quadrupeds, birds, insects, and other living beings 
which inhabit the same country. The Dasyure is said to follow the exampie 
of several allied animals, and to be fond of roaming along the sea-coasts by 
night in search of food. 
The Dasyures are all nocturnal animals, and very seldom make voluntary 
excursions from their hiding-places so long as the sun is above the horizon. 
They do not, like the Tasmanian wolf and the ursine Dasyure, lie hidden in 
burrows under the earth, or in the depths of rocky ground, but follow the 
example of the Petaurists, and make their habitations in the hollows of 
decayed trees. 
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YELLOW-FOOTED POUCHED MOUSE.—(Antechinus flavipes.) 
The YELLOW-FOOTED POUCHED MOUSE is a very pretty little creature, its 
fur being richly tinted with various pleasing hues. 
The face, the upper part of the head, and the shoulders, are dark grey, 
diversified with yellow hairs, and the sides of the body are warmed with a 
wash of bright chestnut. The under parts of the body, the chin, and the 
throat are uniform white, and the tail is black. There is cften a slight tufting 
of hair on the extremity of the tail. The total length of the animal is about 
eight inches, the head and body being rather more than four inches and a 
half in length, and the tail a little more than three inches. 
The MYRMECOBIUS is remarkable for several parts of its structure, and 
more especially so for the extraordinary number of its teeth, and the manner 
in which they are placed in the jaw. Altogether, there are no less than fifty- 
two teeth in the jaws of an adult and perfect specimen of the Myrmecobius, 
outnumbering the teeth of every other animal, with the exception of one or 
two cetacea and the armadillo, There is no pouch in this animal, but the 
