animal KEMAINS. 73 
numl^ Marsupial Order comprehends a large 
inH existing genera, both herbivorous 
^’’e riow peculiar to 
with America, and to New Holland, 
opossl* riie kangaroo and 
name Af ‘^v examples. The 
of a '* from the presence 
on the "'™"P'n‘n. or pouch, fixed 
after a t^°T' - P'-ed 
ftor a vety short period of uterine gestation 
nd remains suspended to the nippfe bv it^ 
month, until sufficiently matured to come L b 
to the external air v . 
hoth“:n 
o*er ordrriraira:ri™^^^^^^ 
and most anp:«T,f „ ’ reality the first 
of this class an j““”' “"'f®'’ "'•“oh animals 
- "e k now "" P‘“'‘ ^ f- 
secondary p;r ‘a”l*“‘' “'y f»™ <luring the 
Other ordeL in tl ! ‘^O’Oxistent udth many 
period • and its ^ tertiary 
Pooaent’ “ea2®“’r‘ ^ 
h-e above eZerated":"^ -Sions we 
fondon, 1834, ’f™"’' 
•^“^tirrefragible .vidi V 
^^^'^t'ngMarsupialia in tl ? " 
Maternal and festal ’ P®culiffr modifications both of the 
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