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URSINE OPOSSUM, &C. 
deepest on the throat ; the tail is of the colour of 
the back for about a quarter of its length, and 
from thence to the end black ; it appears from the 
representation in Mr. Phillip’s Voyage, to be 
well covered with fur to the very end. Upon the 
whole. Dr. Shaw supposes that it is in reality no 
other than the species already described* under the 
name of the lemurine opossum. 
Ursine opossum. 
The largest of all the opossums ; size of a 
badger ; colour pale yellow ; fur longish and 
suberect ; nose strongly divided by a furrow. 
Native of New Holland ; a species very lately 
discovered, and not yet fully, or satisfactorily 
known,or described. 
KANGUROO TRIBE. 
The kanguroos (of which only two species have 
vet been discovered, and both of these in New Hoi- 
land,) are furnished, like the opossums, with an 
abdominal pouch. This, and a few other charac- 
ters that they have in common with that tribe, 
caused them to be arranged by Linngeus, along with 
the opossums. They have, however, since been 
taken into a separate tribe with the following cha-* 
racteristics : — Six front teeth in the upper jaw, 
emarginated ; and two in the lower, very large, long, 
and sharp, pointing forwards ; five grinders on each 
aide in both jaws, distant from the other teeth. 
