22 NATURAL HISTORY. . [EAST. ZOOL. 
Mexico, the Siberian weasel, the Himalayan weasel, the polecats of 
Europe and America, the False Sable of America, and the Vison or i 
lesser otter, of North America and Northern Europe; and the Zorilla 
of the warmer parts of Africa. 
Case 89. The Gluttons, from North America and Europe; the 
ratel, from the Cape and India; and the tiara and the grisson, from 
Central America and the West Indies. Then follow the helictis or 
musk weasel of the Chinese; the skunk of North America; the 
marputio and conepats of Central and Southern America; the stink- 
ard, or mydaus, of Java; the sand bear (Arctonyx) of India; the 
badger of Europe ; and the Labrador badger, or taxidea, of North 
America. 
Case 40. The Otters, as the common otter of Europe, and the j 
species from America and Asia; the muffled otter of North Ame- 
rica; the clawless otters of the Cape of Good Hope and of Java and 
India ; and the seal-like sea otter of the west coast of America. 
Case 41. The Bears, as the Malay bear of Sumatra and Borneo; 
the white bear of the Arctic Ocean ; and the sloth bear of India. 
Case 42. The kinkajou of Central America; the wah ( Ailurus ) of 
Nepal; the different varieties or species of coati mondi, and of racoons, 
from America. 
Case 43. The Insectivorous Beasts, as the moles of Europe ; 
the marsh mole of Canada and North America; the golden moles 
of the Cape ;, and the star-nosed Mole, with its long thick tail, from 
North America ; the Tupai or insectivorous squirrel of Java, Su- 
matra and India; the elephant shrew of North and South Africa; 
the shrew mice of Europe, Asia, and America, especially the large 
blue shrew of India and the Cape of Good Hope ; the desman, or 
musk shrew of the Pyrenees and Russia; the naked-tailed weasel 
(Gymnura) of Malacca; and the various kinds of hedgehogs, from 
Europe, Asia, and Africa, as the tenrees of Madagascar "and Western 
Africa. 
Cases 44 — 52. The different sorts of Marsupial Animals. Those 
in Cases 44 — 51 are only found in Australia, and those in Case 52 
are from America. 
Cases 44, 45. The different kinds of Phalangers, as the white-tailed 
opossums; the New Holland bears from Australia; and the true 
Phalangers, which are only found in Amboyna and New Ireland; the 
tarsipes of South Australia, and the wombat of Australasia. The 
Flying Phalangers, as the Petaurus ; the Norfolk Island flying squirrel, 
and the flying mouse, or acrobate. The right half of this Case con- 
tains part of the Kangaroos. 
Cases 46 — 51. The different kinds of the true kangaroos of Aus- 
tralia, and the tree kangaroo of New Guinea. The various species of 
wallabees ( Halmaturus ) ; the long-nosed kangaroos, and the rock kan- 1 
garoos. The jerboa kangaroos, and the rat-tailed kangaroos; the 
kangaroo hares ; and at the bottom the koala of Australia. The Aus- 
tralian Opossums, as the bandicoots ( Perameles ) ; the pig foot opossum ; 
the dasyures, the zebra wolf, and the Australian devil ; the phascogales 
and the banded myrmecobii. 
Case 52. . The Opossums of America. And below, a few of the 
smaller specimens of Seals, as the young of the harp seal, with its white 
