. The popular natural history . Zoology. THE YELLOW-FOOTED POUCHED MOUSE. 119 is the animal which is known in Australia by the popular name of Native Cat. They are all inhabitants of Australasia, the Common Dasyure being found numerously enough in New Holland, Van Diemen's Land, and some parts of Australia. The habits of all the Dasyures are so very similar that there is no need of describing them separately. They are all rather voracious animals, feeding upon the smaller quadrupeds, birds, insects, and other living beings which inhabit the same country. The Dasyure is said to follow the examp
. The popular natural history . Zoology. THE YELLOW-FOOTED POUCHED MOUSE. 119 is the animal which is known in Australia by the popular name of Native Cat. They are all inhabitants of Australasia, the Common Dasyure being found numerously enough in New Holland, Van Diemen's Land, and some parts of Australia. The habits of all the Dasyures are so very similar that there is no need of describing them separately. They are all rather voracious animals, feeding upon the smaller quadrupeds, birds, insects, and other living beings which inhabit the same country. The Dasyure is said to follow the example of several allied animals, and to be fond of roaming along the sea-coasts by night in search of food. The Dasyures are all nocturnal animals, and very seldom make voluntary excursions from their hiding-places so long as the sun is above the horizon. They do not, like the Tasmanian wolf and the ursine Dasyure, lie hidden in burrows under the earth, or in the depths of rocky ground, but follow the example of the Petaurists, and make their habitations in the hollows of decayed YELLOW-FOOTED POUCHED MOUSE.—(Antechinusflavifes.) Tlie Yellow-footed Pouched Mouse is a very pretty little creature, its fur being, richly tinted with various pleasing hues. The face, the upper part of the head, and the shoulders, are dark grey, diversified with yellow hairs, and the sides of the body are warmed with a wash of bright chestnut. The under parts of the body, the chin, and the throat are uniform white, and the tail is black. There is often a slight tufting of hair on the extremity of the tail. The total length of the animal is about eight inches, the head and body being rather more than four inches and a half in length, and the tail a little more than three inches. The Myrmecobius is remarkable for several parts of its structure, and more especially so for the extraordinary number of its teeth, and the manner in which they are placed in the jaw. Altogether, there are no less than f
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