. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. MARSUPIATA. 103. The Yapach (Did. palmata, Geof. ; Lutra memina, Bodd, fig. 42) frequents the rivers of Guiana. All the other Marsupials inhabit eastern countries, and especially New Holland ; a land of which the mammiferous population seems even to consist principally of ani- mals of this group. [The three next genera, and probably the fourth, possess no cœcum.] The Thylacines (Thylacinus, Tem.)— Are the largest of this first division : they are distinguished from the Opossums by the hind-feet having no thumb, by a h
. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization. Animals. MARSUPIATA. 103. The Yapach (Did. palmata, Geof. ; Lutra memina, Bodd, fig. 42) frequents the rivers of Guiana. All the other Marsupials inhabit eastern countries, and especially New Holland ; a land of which the mammiferous population seems even to consist principally of ani- mals of this group. [The three next genera, and probably the fourth, possess no cœcum.] The Thylacines (Thylacinus, Tem.)— Are the largest of this first division : they are distinguished from the Opossums by the hind-feet having no thumb, by a hairy and not prehensile tail, and two incisors less to each jaw ; their molars are of the same number. They have accordingly forty-six teeth ; but the external edge of Fig:. 42.— ^ jl^g three large ones is projecting and trenchant, almost like the carnivorous tooth of a Dog : their ears are hairy, and of middle size. But one [hving] species is known, a native of Van Diemen's Land.—Size that of a [small] Wolf, but lower on the leg's ; of a greyish colour, barred with black across the crupper (Did. ci/nocepliala, Harris). It is very carnivorous, and pursues all small quadrupeds. [Tliis animal does not fish, as has been stated ; nor is its tail compressed : it is principally nocturnal, and is called Tiffer and Hyana in its native island.] A. fossil species of Thylaciue has been found in the gypsum quarries of Paris. The Phascogales {Phascogale, Tem.)— Have the same number of teeth as the Thylacines ; but their middle incisors are longer than the others, and their back molars more sharply tuberculated, in which respect they rather approximate the Opossums. They are also allied to them by their small size ; the tail, however, is not prehensile : their posterior thumbs, though very short, are still distinctly apparent. [Four species are now known, varying from the size of a R<it to that of a Mouse : they inhabit New Holland and Van Diemen's Land, where they live
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