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PHILANDER. 
Didelphis Philander. D. cauda basi pilosa, mammis quaternis. 
O. with the tail hairy at the base, and with four teats in the ab- 
dominal pouch. 
D, Cauda hisi pilosa j auriculis pendulis, mawmis quaternis, Lin, 
Syst. Nat. Gmel.p. 72. 
Der Faras (D. Philander). Schreh. saei/ghtli. i. p. 541. t. 147. 
TIaquatzin. Seb. mm. i. p. ^7. t, 36. f, 4. 
The Philander is about the size of a large 
rat: the head is large, the snout thick, and the 
ears rounded and upright, though in Seba's figure, 
as well as in the Linnaean description, they are 
said to be pendulous: the abdominal pouch con- 
tains two large niamm^, each furnished with two 
teats. Seba, in his figure, represents these parts 
distinctly, but without any appearance of the 
pouch, and expressly affirms in the description, 
that this species is not furnished with one; but 
Mr. Schreber seems perfectly convinced that this 
must have been merely owing to an error or over- 
sight in the conduct both of the figure and de- 
scription, and affirms that the pouch or receptacle 
really exists in this species. The tail is longer 
than the body, and is hairy for some little dis- 
tance from the base, the remainder being naked, 
and towards the end prehensile. The length of 
the body is nine inches, and of the tail thirteen. 
The Philander is of a reddish brown above, and 
whitish beneath : the eyes are surrounded with a 
broAvnish border; the mouth on each side is beset 
with very long vibrissje or whiskers; down the 
