A V O Y A G E T O 
Vulpine Opossum. 
This is not unlike the common fox in fliape, 
but confiderably inferior to it in refpe6l to fize, being, 
from the point of the nofe to the fetting on of 
the tail, only twenty-fix inches ; the tail itfelf fifteen 
inches : the upper parts of the body are of a grifly 
colour, arifing from a mixture of dulky and white 
hairs, with rufous-yellow tinge ; the head and flioulders 
partaking raoit of this lafc colour : round the eyes 
blackifli : above the nofails ten or twelve black whifkers, 
four inches or more in length : all the under parts of 
the body are of a tawny buff-colour, deepeft on the 
throat, where the bottom of the hairs are ruif-colour : 
the tail is of the colour of the back for about one 
quarter of its length, from thence to the end, black : 
the toes on the fore feet are five in number, the inner 
one placed high up : on the hind feet four toes only : 
with a thumb, conlifting of two joints, without a claw, 
placed high up at the bafe of the inner toe. The whole 
foot ferving the purpofe of a hand, as obfervable in 
many of the opoffiim genus. The legs are much fliorter 
in proportion than tliofe of the common fox : the ears 
about one inch and an half in length : in the upper jaw 
are fix cutting teeth, and four grinders, with two fmall 
canine teeth placed at an equal diftance between them : 
in the under jaw tvvo long cutting teeth, not unlike thofe 
of a fquirrel, and four grinders to anfwer thofe in the 
upper jaw, but no canine teeth. — A reprefentation of the 
mouth and teeth may befecnin one of the following plates. 
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