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ZOOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS. 
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which live on insects and worms; the Gymnura of Malacca, the 
largest of the group. 
Cases 58-64. The various kinds of Marsupial Animals, so called 
from the pouch in which the young are nurtured ; they are only 
found ill Australasia and America : among them may he noticed the 
Petauri or Flying Phalangers ; the Cuscus, natives of New Guinea and 
the adjacent islands, with prehensile tails ; the dwarf Opossum Mouse 
and curious-footed Tarsipes of King Georges Sound. The Koala, 
called by the Australian colonists the Monkey; the Phalangers; the 
Kangaroos, with large tails and long hind legs, useful to them in their 
flying leaps ; the Rock Kangaroo, and the Tree Kangaroo. The 
Bettongia, one of which makes a curious nest ; the tail-less burrowing 
Wombat with its thick skull ; the Dasyure or Australian Devil, and the 
voracious Tasmanian Wolf, which worries the sheep of the colonist ; 
the pretty-banded Myrmecobius. The Opossums of the New World, 
some of which feign death, and the little Philander, the young of 
which climb on their mother's back and are carried by her with their 
tails round that of the parent. 
Case 65. The Seals, the furs of which are used iu making articles 
of dress. The Harp Seal and Southern Sea-bear may be noticed. 
Cases 66—81 contain the Glires, or Gnawing animals, the majority 
of which are small-sized. Amongst the more remarkable may be indi- 
cated the Capybara of America, the largest of the group, almost as 
aquatic in its habits as the trowel-tailed Beaver, which is still found 
in North America, but very rare in Europe ; the Coypu and Ondatra, 
whose furs are used in manufactures. Cases 70-72. The Porcupines, 
formidably armed with quills. Some of these live among trees and 
have long prehensile tails. Cases 71, 72, The Agoutis and Pacas, 
representing the Hares in the New World. Cases 73-75. The Hares. 
Case 76. The Jerboas, some of which take flying leaps ; the Peru- 
vian Chinchilla, with its delicate fur; the Dormice. Cases 77-80. 
The Squirrels, with their long bushy tails, chiefly living among trees ; 
the Flying Squirrels, which can vault from tree to tree, assisted by 
the expansion of the skin of the sides. The Marmots, which pass 
the winter in a lethargic state ; the Mole Rats and Sand Moles burrow 
in the ground and feed on roots ; the Pouched Rats of North America, 
which have large cheek pouches, wherein they store their food to carry 
it to their burrows. 
On the tops of the Cases and suspended on the walls, are arranged 
specimens of Seals, of Porpoises and Dolphins, and of the Manatees 
of Jamaica and Western Africa: most of these mammalia live in the sea; 
a few in estuaries or rivers. Some of the Seals are much valued for 
their skins and oil. 'Among the Dolphin family may be noticed the 
curious Platanista, or long-beaked Dolphin of the Ganges (on the top 
of Case 79). 
The GENERAL Collection of Copals is exemplified by selections 
arranged in the Table Cases. Tables 1-20 contain the various kinds 
of Madrepores or Star Corals, as the Sea Mushroom ; the Brainstone; 
ihe Clove Coral ; the Millepore. On the floor is a large mass of one 
