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opossum. 
146. Mexi- Cayopollin Fernandes No<v. Hifp. Philander fat urate fpadiceus in 
CAN. 10. dorfo, in ventre ex albo flavicans. 
Animal caudimanum Nierem- cauda ex faturate fpadiceo mac a* 
berg, 158. lata Brijfon quad. 212. 
Mus Africanus Kayopollin diddus, Le Cayopollin de Bujfon , X. 3 50. 
mas. Seb. Muf. tab. xxxi. fig. 3. tab. lv. 
O. with large, angular, naked and tranfparent ears: 
nofe thicker than that of the former kind : a (light 
border of black round the eyes: the hairs on the 
head and upper part of the body afn-colored at the 
roots *5 tawny at the tips : belly and legs whitilh : 
tail long, and pretty thick, varied with brown and 
yellow - 3 is hairy near an inch from its origin , 
the reft naked: length, from nofe to tail, about 
feven inches and a half * of the tail, more than 
eleven. 
Inhabits the mountains of Mexico: lives in trees, 
where it brings forth its young : when in any fright, 
they embrace their parent clofely : the tail is pre- 
henfile, and ferves inflead of a hand. 
U7 Short- M«sfylveftris^/»m^<ai,fcemma. in ventre helvus, cauda brevi et 
cJ ' Seb. Muf. I. co. tab. xxxi. crafia. Brijfon quad. 213. 
Philander obfcure rufus in dorfo, 
O. with naked ears : the back of a dull red ; belly 
of a paler : tail fcarce half the length of the body ; 
thick at the bafe, leifening towards the end: no 
falfe belly. 
Inhabits South America : the young adhere to the 
teats as foon as born. Seba fays it lives in woods, 
and brings from nine to twelve young at a time. 
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Philander 
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