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Otter (Mustela lutra , Linn.), and the Sea Otter (M. lutris, 
Linn.). Over this case are two specimens of the Great 
Armadillo ( Oasypus gigas, Cuv.), belonging to the 
order Edentata. 
Cases 12 and 13 contain the Common Seal ( Phoca 
vitulina , Linn.), also various animals of the Order 
Glires of Linnaeus, as Marmots and Hares; two spe¬ 
cimens of the Irish Hare, a very remarkable variety, if, 
indeed, it be not a distinct species; also 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 the many 
peculiarites which they possess in their economy,—the 
first and chief of which is, the premature production of 
their young, which, in a very early stage of their foetal state, 
pass from the uterus to an abdominal pouch, where, inca¬ 
pable of motion, and scarcely exhibiting any traces of 
external organs, they fix themselves to the mammae of 
the mother, and there remain attached, till they have 
attained the size at which animals of corresponding 
bulk are usually born. The pouch is supported by two 
peculiar bones, attached to the pubis, and inserted in 
the abdominal muscles, and the young animals, even 
long after they have begun to run about, on the slightest 
apprehension of danger, fly to this natural shelter for 
refuge and protection.—All the marsupial animals, ex¬ 
cept the Opossums ( Didelphis ), most of which are from 
America, come from the east, particularly New 
Holland. 
The Cases 14— 20, contain various quadrupeds be¬ 
longing to the Orders Pachydermata and Ruminan- 
tia (Ungulata, Ray,— Bruta Bellile, and Pecora, 
Linn.), as the Hyrax—-the wild Boar, and its young— 
from which our domestic breed of Pigs, and all its va¬ 
rieties are derived—the Pecary ( Dicotyles labiatus, 
Cuv.), from South America, an animal closely allied to 
the Boar, but wanting the projecting canine teeth, or 
tusks, and the external toe of the hind feet of the 
latter. According to Shaw, the Pecary is particularly 
an 
SALOON. 
Nat. Hist. 
