MAMMALIA, FER^, Didelphis. 
Ohejula. Tail longifli ; fore-feet 5-tocd, exterior claws finall hin^' 
feet 4.-toed, 2 interior united- PorcuUne Opoffui^' 
Inhabits Ntw Holland ; iize of a half grown rat. 
, rufty above, whitifh beneath, corpulent; hind-kg.c 
longer; interior rlaa/r double ; rounded ; /mtV coarle. 
Macrotar- Tail flender, naked, hairy at the tip ; heels of the hind-ft'^’ 
long, naked; thumb-nail flat. Sec Lemur Podf 
VulpKida, 
Tail long, thick, hairy, bafe grifly like the body, low^rp^^' 
more than half way blacL Vulpine Opoffid’" 
Inhabits Nero South Wales; 26 inches long, tail 15. 
Legs fhort, equal ; /eet 5-toed, claws fiiarp, crooked, except d"-’ 
thumb of the hind-feet, rvhich is high up the foot and withC' 
claw; Tvhijkers 10 — 12, (landing backwards longer than d’*’ 
head; fore-ieeth upper 4, lower 
long, lower o. 
projefting ; tujks uppe>' ' 
Llaculata. Body black fpotted with white ; tail bufhy ; female w-ilh ^ 
pouch ^ Spotted OpoJJ'ui’^' 
Inhabits New South Wales j 15 inches long, tail g. 
Body black, under parts brownifli ; ears large, ereft, op^”' 
pointed ; whijkers long at the nofe ; fe.et 5-toed, claws Inn^' 
lharp, black, great toe o ; teats 6, circularly difpofed wUl'*'! 
• the pouch. - * 
Volans, A broad hairy membrane extending from the middle of 
fore-legs to the firft joint of the hind-legs, not inclu'*' 
ing the tail. Flying OpoJfV'' 
Inhabits New South Wales j 20 inches long, tail 22. 
Body black, under parts paler ; along the middle of die bach ^ 
kind of mane; fore-teeth upper 4, lower 2 ; tujks upper 
lower o ; grinders 5 each jaw, each iide ; great toe of d’"' 
hind-feet unarmed. 
Sciurea, A lateral flying membrane; body grey above, fnowy 
' neath ; tail prehenfile, very h?iry, black’ towards 1!!“^ 
' Squirrel OpoJ]]t’^‘ 
•_ Inhabits Nero Holland; torpid by day, aflive by night. 
Sizeoiz fquirrA; eyes black, full ; ek^i round, thin; membra'’^ 
edged with bUckifli ; pouch large ; thumb of the hind-ft^'' 
rounded, unarmed ; a black Jfript down t)ie Iicad and baci^’ 
2 interior toes of tile hind- feet joined. 
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