The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . ters the Tillages at night, and attacks poultry, devoar-mg their eggs, &c. The young at birth, sometimessixteen in number, weigh only a grain each. Al-tl ough blind and nearly shapeless, they find thenipple by instinct, and adhere until they have at-tained the size of a Mouse, which happens about thehftieth day, at which epoch they open their ley continue to return to the pouch until they area* large as Rats. The term of uterine gestations only twenty-
The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . ters the Tillages at night, and attacks poultry, devoar-mg their eggs, &c. The young at birth, sometimessixteen in number, weigh only a grain each. Al-tl ough blind and nearly shapeless, they find thenipple by instinct, and adhere until they have at-tained the size of a Mouse, which happens about thehftieth day, at which epoch they open their ley continue to return to the pouch until they area* large as Rats. The term of uterine gestations only twenty-six days. [Several others are known;one of which] tlie Crab-eating Opossum {D. cancri-lonts), frequents the marshes of the sea-coast, wheret teeds chiefly upon crabs. Other species possess no pouch, but merely avtstige of it, or fold of skin on each side uf thebelly. They habitually carry their young ontheir hacks, the tails of the latter being entwinedlound that of the mother. [.\ considerable number are known, from The {C/ieironectes, Illig.)—[Is merely an acpiatic Opossum, with semi-pal-mate toes.]. Fig. 41.—Common Opos! • Since writing; the above. Prof. BiKinville linit publixlted nu elttbo-rnte Esisay on the reputed Marlupiata uf the secondary deposits,ulierein he advances the opinion that these celebrated fossil remainsappertain rather to reptiles of a higher organization than any nowexisting. M. and Prof. Owen have subsei|uently ad-vocated the currently received opinion; while tlie natu-ralist has l>cen supported by Dr. Grant, who long previously had Ihe question still r iolution of th« ( t There are 1The mnltiiilicalprinciple.—Ed. MAlliiUPIATA.
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