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NATURAL HISTORY. 
[MAM. SALOON. 
the marsh mole of Canada and North America; the golden moles 
of the Cape; and the star-nosed Mole, with its long thick tail, from 
North America; the Tupai or insectivorous squirrel of Java, Su¬ 
matra and India; the elephant shrew of North and South Africa; 
the shrew mice of Europe, Asia and America, especially the large 
blue shrew of India and the Cape of Good Hope; the desman, or 
musk shrew of the Pyrenees and Russia; the naked-tailed weasel 
(Gymnura) of Malacca; and the various kinds of hedgehogs, from 
Europe, Asia, and Africa, as the tenrecs of Madagascar and Western 
Africa. 
Cases 23—31. The different sorts of Marsupial Animals. Those 
in Cases 23—30 are only found in Australia, and those in Case 31 
are from America. 
Case 23. The different kinds of Phalangers, as the white-tailed 
opossums; the New Holland bears from Australia; and the true 
Phalangers, which are only found in Amboyna and New Ireland; the 
tarsipes of South Australia, and the wombat of Australasia. 
Case 24. On the left half, the Flying Phalangers, as the Petaurus; 
the Norfolk Island flying squirrel, and the flying mouse, or acrobate. 
The right half of this Case contains part of the Kangaroos. 
Case 25. The different kinds of the true kangaroos of Australia, 
and the tree kangaroo of New Guinea. 
Cases 26—28. The various species of wallabees (Halmaturus); 
the long-nosed kangaroos, and the rock kangaroos. 
Case 29. The jerboa kangaroos, and the rat-tailed kangaroos; the 
kangaroo hares; and at the bottom the koala of Australia. 
Case 30. The Australian Opossums, as the bandicoots (Perameles); 
the pig foot opossum; the daysures, the zebra wolf, and the Australian 
devil; the phascogales and the banded myrmecobii. 
Case 31. The Opossums of America. And below, a few of the 
smaller specimens of Seals, as the young of the harp seal, with its white 
fur, as it is when it is first born; and the young of the eared seal, from 
the Cape of Good Hope. 
Cases 32—52. The Hoofed Beasts. 
Cases 32, 33. The Yac ox, from Thibet; and two specimens of 
the small Indian humped cattle. 
Cases 34—41. The various genera and species of Antelopes. 
Cases 42, 43. The various kinds of Goats. 
Cases 44, 45. The various kinds of Sheep. 
Case 46. The Llamas, from Peru, as the brown wild llama, and the 
more domesticated varieties, called Alpaca, which differ in colour, some 
being black and others variegated. In this Case is the black fawn of 
one of the black specimens. 
Cases 47—50. The different kinds of Deer, as the roebuck of Eu¬ 
rope, the axis of India, the ahu or tailless roe of Siberia. 
Case 51. The Musks, as the musk from Thibet and Siberia; the 
small kanchil and pelandor, from the islands of the Indian Ocean, as 
Singapore, Java, and Sumatra; the meminna, from Madras. 
Case 52. The ant-eater of South America. The pangolins of 
Africa and India. The armadillos of South America. 
Case 53. The sloth of South America. The water-mole or mul- 
