S93 A V O Y x\ G E, &c. 
CHAP. iiDper jaw forwards are four fmall cutting teeth, then 
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— V — ' two canine ones, and backwards five grinders : the 
, - under jaw has two long large cutting teeth, like the 
Vulpine OpofTum, [See ikeleton on the plate at page 
1 68.] five grinders, with no inf'ermediate canine ones, 
the fpace being- quite vacant. I'he fore legs have five 
toes on each foot, with a claw on each ; the hinder 
ones four toes, with claws, (the three outfide ones 
without any feparation) and a thumb without a claw, 
enabling the animal to ufe the foot as a hand, as many 
of the opoflhm tribe are obferved to do. See the Ikeletoa 
of the foot in the annexed plate. 
This beautiful quadruped inhabits New South JVales, 
The fpecimen from which the above account has been 
taken, is a male, and the property of Henry Co?iJIantme 
Nowell^ Efq. of Sbiplake^ in OxfordfJjire. The fur of it is 
fo beautiful, and of fo rare a texture, that fliould it 
hereafter be found in plenty, it might probably be 
thought a very valuable article of commerce. 
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