NATURAL HISTORY. 
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Mexico, the Siberian weasel, the Himalayan weasel, the polecats of 
Europe and America, the False Sable of America, and the Vison or 
lesser otter, of North America and Northern Europe; and the Zorilla 
of the warmer parts of Africa. 
Case 39. 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 
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 and 
India; 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 tenrecs 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 53 
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- 
garoos. The jerboa kangaroos, and the rat-tailed kangaroos; the 
kangaroo hares ; and at the bottom the koala of Australia. 
Cases 52, 53. The Australian Opossums, as the bandicoots ( Per a - 
meles ), the pig foot opossum; the dasyures, the zebra wolf, and the 
Australian devil; the phascogales and the banded myrmecobii. 
Below Case 53 are the Opossums of America. 
On the Floor, in two Cases, are specimens of the larger kind of 
