76 Marsupialia — dentition. 



The Marsupials are primarily divisible into two great sections 

 the first being provided with numerous small incisors and well- 

 developed canines (known as the Polyprotodont* division), con- 



Fig. 91. — Front view of fkull of recent Dasyuvus ursinus (Han.) ; showing the poly- 

 protodont and carnivorous type of dentition. 



Fig. 92. — Front view of skull of recent Koala, Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldf.), showing 

 diprotodont and herbivorous type of dentition. 



tainingthe carnivorous group of Marsupials, such as the Opossums, 

 Dasyures, Thylacines, and Bandicoots; in the second (known as 



* From T7o\vc, Trpwroc, and otove, "with many front teeth." 



