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DIDKLPiiYS GUISE A. 
and naked to the root. Length of body 1 iuclies; of tail, 
5 inches. 
Inhabits Brazil, in the province of Minas Geraes. 
This animal, briefly described by Dr. Lund in the Transac¬ 
tions of the Society of Sciences at Copenhagen, it would * 
appear, differs from the D. cinercu of Temminck in being 
of smaller size, and in having the tail destitute of fur at the 
base : this organ being of two colours, would sene to 
distinguish the D. incana from D. mttrina and D. dortigera, 
and in the grey colouring of the fur on the upper parts of 
the body it likewise differs from the two species just men¬ 
tioned. Whilst, however, there appear to be good grounds 
for regarding the IJ. incana as distinct from the species 
alluded to, that animal must, on the other hand, be exceed¬ 
ingly close to, if not identical with, Azams Aficourc d queue 
longue —a species only known to us through description. 
DIDELPHYS G1USEA. 
Grey Opossum. 
Micoure qualrihme, ou 3/. a queite longue. Axa ra, Essab sur I'llut des Quadr. 
dc la Province du Paraguay, torn. i. p. 290. 1801. 
Didelphit pritea. Dksmarest, in Diet, dcs Sciences Naturdles, tom. ilvn. 
p. 393. 
Fur short and soft; general colour mouse-grey ; sides of body 
pale; tinder parts dirty white ; eye encirled with black, and 
external to this dark ring is a second, which is whitish. 
Inhabits Paraguay. 
Azara describes tins species as having the fur as short ami 
