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Cdyopoliin 
Mu'rina. 
2 . 
Dorjtgera. 
Cancrivora 
Caudivcl- 
r’d. 
■ MAMMALIA. FLR.E. DiJdplus. 
1 ail longer than the body ; pouch o ; margin of the orh'** 
black. Mexican Opojj'^^^^ 
Itiiwbits the moulitains of New Spain: Ihout thicker, 
Ihovtcr, narrower than the lafl; lives in trees, in which 
brings forth its young, who cling dole to the dam 
alarmed. 
Grinders upper ,5 each fide; tail 11 inches long, whii'*^', 
fpott^d with rhefnut, hairy at the bafe; body 6 inches lof^' 
face dirty-white, a dark line down the middle ; w/njken 
Tail hairy at the bafe ; a fold including the teats. Marinil^' 
Inhabits South America: eats fruit, grain, roots, and fifli ; fl‘'' 
and lUipid ; 6 inches long, tail the fame. 
JVhijkers 6 rows, fhorter than the head, ioweft row whit^| 
back convex, and with the crown rully-brown ; claws acut*^’ 
teats 14 cylindrical. 
Blown above, white beneath. Inhabits Guinea. 
Tail hairy at the bafe, longer than the body ; toes of tl'‘' 
hind-feet unarmed. Merian Opofjh^’' 
Inhabits Siirtrtam; burrows in the ground; brings 5 — 6 youf^’ 
which when in danger Itick to the back of the mother ^'1 
twilling their tails round hers ; fize of a rat. , 
Orbits brown at the margin ; tail long, whitilh, of the 
fpotted, brownilh, naked; daa't of the fore-feet obtufe, hin“' 
feet fharp ; ears naked, fharp. 
Tail fcaly, almoft naked, nearly as long as the body ; thuH’'^ 
of the hind-feet flat. Cayenne Opoffuf^i 
Inhabits marfhy places of Cayenne : feeds on crabs, which ’* 
hooks from their holes with its prehenfile tail ; grunts lik^ * 
pig ; grows fat, caiily lamed, brings forth 4 — 5 in holM'' 
trees ; flefh relembles a hare. 
Hair curled like wool, with a few brillles, which from 
middle of th.e back to the tail form a kind of mane ; 
neck, flroulders, and thighs reddifh-yellow, fdes and 
yellorv, feet dark-browm ; margin of the orbits black ; 
fhort, oval, naked. 
Tail taper, prehenfile, tip hairy. New Holland OpoffV^' 
Inhabits New Holland: lives in long graffy marfhes. 
Body above and fides with long, ibft, gloffy hair, dark-grey*' 
the roots, tips rufty ; tail white at the extremity, naked 
derneath; fnout fliarp; whifkers long; fore-feet 
clawed, hindfeet 3 toes with claws and a diftinfl thu**''” 
fore-teeth 2:2; ftmak with a pouch; length jg inch**' 
fail as long. 
