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a very young Giraffe, or Camelo¬ 
pard, brought from Africa by the late lamented Lieut.- 
Col. Denham; several species of Antelope, the Small, 
and the Common Musk^fifliiaiaL^thor 
v. the Bouquetin de s Alpes, or Ibex.,. ^ ————- — - 
•Case 21 contains the smaller species of the Order 
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which form part of the order Feras of Linnaeus; as 
the Shrew Mice; the Tanrec, from Madagascar-; the 
common Hedgehog, and the Tupaia, from Sumatra.— 
Several of the weasel tribe are also contained in this 
case, as the Polecat, Martin, Common Weasel, and Stoat. 
The latter animal is of a pale chesnut-brown colour in 
summer, but becomes white in winter, and in that dress 
forms an important article of the fur trade, under the 
well known name of Ermine; the tip of the tail is black 
at all seasons of the year. These animals inhabit the 
northern parts both of Europe and Asia, and are very 
abundant in Norway and Siberia. In the upper part of 
this Case are some large Bats ( Pteropi ), from India and 
New Holland. 
Case 22 contains the small digitigrade carnivorous 
animals, as the Paradoxuri, from India: also some of the 
lesser marsupial animals, as the Opossum, from Brazil, 
the Spotted Weasel (.Dasyurus macrourus ), the Wom¬ 
bat, {Phascolomys fusca, Desm.), the Pigmy Opossum 
(Didelphis pygmoea, Shaw), and the Flying Opossum 
(JDidelphis petaurus, Shaw), all from New Holland. 
Case 23 contains the minor animals belonging to "the 
order Glires, as the Water Rat, Dormice, Pouched 
Rat, Chinchilli, valuable for its peculiarly soft fur, and 
a series of Squirrels from various parts of the world. 
Case 24 contains other Glires, as the Flying 
Squirrel, Hare, Rabbit, and Porcupine; also some 
of the smaller Edentata, as two species of Arma¬ 
dillo ( Dasypus duodecimcinctus, and minutus , Desm.), 
from South America; the long and the short-tailed 
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