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NATURAL HISTORY. 
[mam. saloon. 
Cases 53—55. 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. The 
Flying Phalangers, as the Petaurus; the Norfolk Island flying squirrel, 
and the flying mouse, or acrobate. 
Cases 56—63. The different kinds of the true Kangaroos of Aus¬ 
tralia, and the tree kangaroo of New Guinea. The various species of 
wallabees ( Halmaturus ); the long-nosed kangaroos, and the rock kan¬ 
garoos. The jerboa kangaroos, and the rat-tailed kangaroos; the 
kangaroo hares; and at the bottom the koala of Australia. 
Cases 62—64. The Australian Opossums, as the bandicoots ( Pera - 
meles ), the pig foot opossum; the dasyures, the zebra wolf, and the 
Australian devil; the phascogales and the banded myrmecobius. 
Below Case 64 are the Opossums of America. 
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. 
Wall Cases 65—81. Glires. 
Cases 65—68. The various kinds of Mice and Rats, as Mus 
Pseudomys and Hapalotis. 
Case 69. Contains the Beaver, from North America and Europe; 
the Coypu, from Central America; the Ondatra of North America, 
and Hydromys of Australia; also the Habrocoma, Octodon, and 
Psammoryctes, from Chili; the Echimys and Lonchurus, of Central 
America; the Aulacodus of South Africa, and Capromys of the 
island of Cuba. 
Cases 70—72. The Porcupines, as the Hysirix, from India and 
Europe; the Cercolabes, Spiggurus, and Chaetomys, from the Brazils; 
Dasyprocta, Dolichotis, Kerodon, and Hydrochaerus, from South 
America. 
Cases 73—75. The Hares, from different parts of the world; and 
the Rock Hares ( Lagomys ) of India. 
Case 76. The family of Jerboas, as the Lagotis, from Chili; the 
Chinchilla, from Peru; the Pelamys of South Africa; and the different 
species of Jerboa, from Egypt, Siberia, and South Africa; also the 
Dormice, Myoxina, Graphiurus, and Glis. 
Cases 77- 80. The family of Squirrels, as the Anomolurus of 
West Africa, and Flying Squirrels ( Pteromys ) of India, and the dif¬ 
ferent species of squirrels; also the Marmots ( Arctonys ) of Europe, 
North America, and India. 
Case 81. The family of Mole-Rats, as the Slepez ( Spalax ); Zoker 
(Siphneus) of Europe; Georvchus and Sand Mole (Bathyerchus) of 
South Africa; the Fur-country Pouched-rat (Saccophorus) of North 
America, and Tucan of Mexico; the Golden-mole-rat ( Chrysomys ) 
of Abyssinia; the Sewellel (Aplodontia) of North America, and the 
different species of Rhizomys. 
On the top of the Cases are arranged the different kinds of 
porpoises, dolphins, and seals; as the flat-haired seal; the leonine 
seal, or maned eared seal, from the Southern Ocean. The manatee 
