MARSUPIATA-DI DELPHI DAE-DIDELPHYS CALIFORNIO A, 
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The following table contains the measurements in detail of a fresh specimen from near Wash¬ 
ington : 
General dimensions. 
Inches. 
Lines. 
Inches. 
Lines. 
Nose to occiput -_____ 
6 
Ears, width 
2 
7 
to eye_ 
2 
7 
Arm, between claws across shoulder_ 
1 
9 
to ear.- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -___ 
5 
6 
length of fore arm _ 
3 
9 
to root of tail_ 
19 
6 
from elbow to end of claws 
5 
3 
to end of outstretched hind legs_ 
27 
fore foot ....... . 
2 
6 
Tail, from root to end of vertebras_ 
15 
longest claw.... 
from root to end of hairs__ _ __ 
15 
Leg, from knee joint to end of claws --- 
6 
6 
Ears, height posteriorly___ 
2 
5 
tibia_ - 
4 
3 
height anteriorly___ 
1 
9 
hind foot from heel to end of claws- 
3 
height above can thus .......___ 
2 
2 
longest claw__ 
height internally above skull_ 
Weight__ ..... 
7 i lbs. 
thin 
List of specimens. 
Catalogue 
number. 
Corresponding 
No. of skull. 
No. of spe¬ 
cimen. 
Sex & 
age. 
Locality. 
Whence obtained. 
Nature of specimen. 
Washington, D. C_ 
National Institute. -. 
Mounted_ 
2335 
.do. 
Market 
In alcohol_ 
484 
1625 
.do . 
_do . 
_ _ do __ _ 
2337-9 
3 
o 
Carlisle, Pa__ 
S. F. Baird. 
. 2336 
Q 
Calcasieu, La....,_ 
G. Wiirdemann_ 
1097 
Washington, Miss_ 
Col. Wailes 
Skull. 
2200 
St. Simon's island, Ga. 
S P Pnit.pl 1 
do 
DIDELPHYS CALIFORNIA. 
Texas Possum. 
Didelphys californica, Bennett, Pr. Zool. Soc. I, 1833, 40. 
Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. Ill, 1843, 40.— Ib. V, 1855, 223. 
Waterhouse, N. H. Mamm. I, 1846, 476. 
Aud. & Bach. N. A. Quad. Ill, 1854, 331. 
Burmeister, Erlaut. Fauna Brasiliens, 1856, 63. (Seems somewhat different.) 
? Didelphys breviceps, Benn. Pr. Zool. Soc. I, 1833, 40. 
Wagner, Suppl. Schreber, III, 1843, 40 .—Ib. Y, 1855, 224. 
Waterhouse, Nat, Hist. Mamm. I, 1846, 478. 
Aud. & Bach. N. A. Quad. Ill, 1854, 224. 
Didelphys pruinosa, Wagner, Suppl. Schreber, III, 1843, 40, (note.)— Ib. V, 1855. 
Waterhouse, N. H. Mamm. I, 1846,-477. 
Sp. Ch. —Hairs whitish with brown tips, imparting a nearly black shade. ■ Body with numerous long white hairs mixed with the 
rest. Legs and feet entirely dark brown or black to the claws. Head dusky above and below, with a brown lateral streak 
30 L 
