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D1V. I. VERTEBRATA. 
and the cat : these we have endeavoured to indicate above by smaller 
brackets, within the general bracket including all the genera of the 
tribe. The Amphibia also formerly made but two genera, the seals 
(P/mca) and the Morses ( Trichecus ), the first of which we see Cuvier 
has here extended to several subdivisions. 
ORDER IV. — Marsupiata. 
The arrangement of these animals, chiefly inhabitants of the 
Australian continent, seems by no means decided. In his first 
edition Cuvier had made of them a family of the order Carnassier ; 
in the second he established them into a separate order ; but even 
then expressed his opinion that they ought rather to be looked on as 
a class containing several orders running parallel with the orders of 
ordinary quadrupeds. He finally, however, left them as an order 
divided into seven genera, three of which are subdivided. 
Genus . 
I. Didelphis, L. 
11. Dasyurus, 
Geoff. . . 
III. Phalangista, 
Cuv. . . . 
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Subgenus. Example of Species. 
1. Didelphis, prop. \ D. Virginiana, Penn. Virginian 
Cuv / opossum 
2. Chironectes, Illig. -f Dit *' P al, ”^ ta ’ Geoff. Yapook, or 
b l. palmated opossum 
I. Tbylacini, Tern.. / D ^yurus cynocephalus, Geoff. 
J ^ t Dog faced dasyurus 
j Das. minimus, Geoff. Dwarf da- 
syurus 
2. Phascogali, Tern . . 
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2. Petaurus, Shaw . . 
IV. Hypsiprimnus, Illig 
3. Dasyurus, prop. Cuv. Didelphis ursina, Harr, the Devil 
4 Perameles Geoff -f P> nasutus ’ Geoff - the Lon S~ 
4. Perameles, C reoff. pouc}ied badger 
. t, i .. r „. (Phal. ursina, Tern. Bear-like 
1. Balantia, Illig. . . «c 7 , ’ 
b ^ phalanger 
( Did. pygmsea, Shaw, Flying 
\ dwarf phalanger 
5 Macropus minor, Shaw, Kan- 
l garoo rat 
V. Macropus, Shaw ShaW ’ 
T . n ijr f L. cinereus, Goldfuss. Koala, or 
VI. Lipurus, Goldfuss { New Ho { land sloth 
VII. Phascolomys, Geoff Did. ursina, Shaw, the Wombat 
ORDER V. — Rodentia. 
In his first edition Cuvier had divided this order into two sections, 
the first possessing perfect, the second only rudimentary clavicles : 
these divisions ran by such gradual shades into each other, that the 
point of separation was, we may say, almost arbitrary. In his 
second edition, therefore, he contents himself by arranging his ge- 
nera and indicating such as possess strong clavicles or the reverse. 
