. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. MARSUPIALIA: KANGAROOS AND OPOSSUMS. 133 The hind legs and the tail are long and powerful; the fore legs very short and weak, and little used in progres- FIG. FIG. 153. Kaugaroo, Macropus major, Shaw. sion, which is accomplished mainly by leaping, for which their whole structure is most admirably fitted. They sit mainly upright upon their haunches, supported in part by the tail. Forty species are known, varying from the size of a hare to the size of the domestic sheep. All the marsupials of America be- long to the Opossum family or Didel- phid
. Elements of zoölogy : a textbook. Zoology. MARSUPIALIA: KANGAROOS AND OPOSSUMS. 133 The hind legs and the tail are long and powerful; the fore legs very short and weak, and little used in progres- FIG. FIG. 153. Kaugaroo, Macropus major, Shaw. sion, which is accomplished mainly by leaping, for which their whole structure is most admirably fitted. They sit mainly upright upon their haunches, supported in part by the tail. Forty species are known, varying from the size of a hare to the size of the domestic sheep. All the marsupials of America be- long to the Opossum family or Didel- phididee. Opossums are mostly small animals, the largest scarcely exceeding the common cat, and the smallest but little larger than a mouse. Their food consists of birds, birds' eggs, insects, and other small animals. The tail is long, prehensile, and nearly naked. The Common Opossum of the United States is about twenty inches long to the tail, which is about fifteen inches. rr,1 . . . Common Opossum, Didel- Llie hair is whitish with brown tips, Phy,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877. New York : Scribner
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