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NATURAL HISTORY. 
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luscus, Linn.), the Raccoon (U . lotor, Linn.), and the 
Coati-mundi ( Viverra nasuta, Linn.) together with several 
specimens of the common Otter ( Mustela lutra, Linn.), and 
the Sea Otter (M. lutris, Linn.)—Amongst the Digitigrade, 
or those animals which in walking rest principally on the 
extremities of their toes, are several varieties of the Dog- 
kind, as the Prairie Wolf (Ca?iis latrans , Say.), from Ame¬ 
rica, the Arctic Fox ( Canis lagopus , Linn.), in different 
states ; the striped Hysena ( Canis hycena , Linn.) ; the 
Raccoon-Dog (C. procyonides), a new animal, from China; 
and the Fennee (C. cerdo , Linn.) from Egypt, &c. On 
the top of these Cases is a specimen of the Ethiopian Hog 
(Sus JEthiopicas, Linn.), and the Abyssinian Masked Hog 
(Phascochceres JEliani , Crutzchmar.) 
Cases 9 —11. Carnivorous animals continued. — Amongst 
these are the Wild Cat (Fells ccitus , Linn.), and several 
varieties of the common domestic Cat; the Puma (F. 
concolor , Linn.) and a Mule-whelp between the Lion and 
Tiger, born in Atkins' travelling menagerie, at Windsor. 
Here are also several Ichneumons,-—as Pennant’s Mada¬ 
gascar Weasel (Mustela galera, Linn.); the Mangouste of 
Java (Herpestes javanicus. Horsf.) ; and the Zebra Ichneu¬ 
mon (H. Zebra, Rupp.), from Abyssinia. Likewise the 
Zibet (Viverra zibet/ia , Linn.); the Tangalunda ( V . tanga- 
lunda ), from India; the Blotched Cat of Pennant ( V. tigrina, 
Linn.); Hamilton's Paradoxurus (P. Hamiltoni) ; and 
other species of that genus. In smaller Cases, between 
Cases 11 and 12, are several species of Bats; and over 
Cases 10 and 11 is a specimen of the American Tapir (Ta- 
pirus Americanus, Gmel.). 
Cases 12 and 13 contain the Common Seal ( Phoca vitu- 
lina 3 Linn.), also various animals of the Order Glires of 
Linnaeus, as Marmots, and specimens of the Common 
Beaver. At the bottom of these Cases, are placed some 
of the Marsupial animals, which Cuvier has classed in a 
separate Order, on account of many peculiarities which 
they possess in their economy^ especially as regards the re¬ 
production of the species, and the reception of the young 
in a very early stage of its existence, into a pouch, or bag, 
situated beneath the abdomen of the mother. To support 
this pouch, a corresponding peculiarity is required in the 
skeleton of the animal, which is accordingly provided with 
