ROOM X. 
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No. 58. contains some species of alcyonium 
and of sponge. 
ELEVENTH ROOM. 
In this room are preserved several of the rarer 
or more interesting quadrupeds. Among these 
are the following: the black ourang oulang, in 
a young state ; the chesnut ourang outang, in a 
young state ; the long tailed macauco ; the shunk; 
the ermine. The sea otter; the musk, from 
Thibet ; the great twelve-banded armadillo; the 
long-tailed Brasilian porcupine ; the Canada por¬ 
cupine, remarkable for its thick form, the length 
of its hair, and the shortness of its spines; the 
lemurine opossum from New Holland ; fhevam- 
pyre, or great South American bat; a large an¬ 
telope ; a small ditto ; the long-tailed manis or 
pangolin; the short-tailed ditto; sloths, in a 
very young state, one the two-toed, the other 
the three-toed species; a specimen of the two¬ 
toed ant-eater ; wombat phascolomis, &c. 
Two species of ornithorynchus or birdbill, 
porcupine echidna, &c. 
Over the door are several fishes in cases, 
amongst which the following may be noticed % 
a small specimen of xiphias gladius or common 
p 2 sword- 
Nat. Hist. 
Zoology . 
ROOM XI- 
