The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . s; in the uppertwo long middle incisors, with some small ones[four in number] placed laterally, and twosmall canines. It comprehends but one genus. The Koala (Koala, Cuv.; Lipurus, Goldf.; Phascolarctos%, Blainv.),—AVhich presents a short, stout body, and short legs, without any [or rather with a short] tail: their ante-rior toes, five in number, separate into two groups , ^r-,for prehension, the thumb and index antagonizingwith the other three. On the hind-f
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . s; in the uppertwo long middle incisors, with some small ones[four in number] placed laterally, and twosmall canines. It comprehends but one genus. The Koala (Koala, Cuv.; Lipurus, Goldf.; Phascolarctos%, Blainv.),—AVhich presents a short, stout body, and short legs, without any [or rather with a short] tail: their ante-rior toes, five in number, separate into two groups , ^r-,for prehension, the thumb and index antagonizingwith the other three. On the hind-feet there isno thuml); and the first two toes are united as inthe Phalangcrs and Kangaroos. [There are fivemolars in each jaw, square, with four tubercles each,excepting the first. This animal is essentially aPhalanger with a short tail.] One only is known (Lip. cinereus, Goldfuss.)—Of agreyish colour, which passes its life partly upon trees,and partly in burrows which it excavates at their foot(fig. 44.) The female carries her young for a long timeon her back. Finally, our sixth division of the Marsupialanimals, consisting of. Fig. 43.—Great Kanga
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