20 NATURAL HISTORY. [UPPER FLOOR, 
state, and was brought home by the celebrated circumna¬ 
vigator, Captain Cook : also the white Kangaroo ( Macro- 
pus albusy Gray).—All the Marsupial animals, except the 
Opossums ( Didelphis ), which are from America, come 
from the East, particularly New Holland. Here is also a 
fine specimen of the Wombat ( Phascohmys TVombat , Peron 
and Lesueur), and various quadrupeds belonging to the 
pachydermatous and ruminant orders, as the Pecary ( JDico - 
tyles torguatus, 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: also some animals belonging to the Order 
Edentata (Bruta, Linn.), amongst which are several 
specimens of the Sloths, ( Bradypus tridactyius , Linn,, 
and B. torguatus , Illig.) 
The Cases 14—20 contain other animals of the Orders 
Edentata, Pachydermata, and Ruminantia,—as the Da¬ 
man, or Cape Cavy (Hyrax capensis , Linn.); the Great 
Ant-eater ( Mynnecophaga jubata , Linn.); a very young 
Giraffe, or Camelopard, brought from Africa by the late 
Lieut.-Col. Denham; several species of Antelope, the 
Small, and the Common Musk, and the Bouquetin des 
Alpes, or Ibex. Over these Cases are the Ursine Seal 
(Phoca ursina , Linn.), an adult specimen of Weddell’s 
Sea-Leopard, and the Long-bodied Seal of Parsons 
(Halichcerus gryphus ). 
Case 21 contains several of the Weasel tribe, as the 
Polecat, Martin, Common Weasel, and Stoat (Mustela pu- 
torius , martes, vulgaris , and erminea , Linn.) The latter 
animal is of a pale chestnut-brown colour in summer, but 
becomes white in winter, and in that dress forms an import¬ 
ant 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, ( Didelphis 
virginiana, Linn.) from Brazil, the Spotted Weasel 
( Dasyurus macrourus ), a young specimen of the Wombat, 
