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TAB, XL 
DIDELPHTS MACROUR A. 
THE LONG-TAILED OPOSSUM. 
DOQDWVODOISWOOOSDISSSS 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Didelphis hypochondriis prolixis volitans, fupra cinerea, 
fubtus albida, cauda longiffima attenuata nigra. 
PPP LLL LL LDL OL LAL LP LL 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Afh-coloured Opoffum, whitifh beneath, with lateral 
flying membrane and very long flender black tail. 
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THIS alfo is one of thofe {pecies which are furnifhed 
with an expanfile lateral membrane. It is principally 
diftinguifhed by the length of its tail, and is reprefented 
in its natural fize. In the ftructure of the feet it per- 
fectly agrees with the other Auftralian Opoffums; the 
two interior toes of the. hind feet being united under 
one common {kin. 
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