. A manual of zoology. 52S MANUAL OF ZOOLOGY sect. lower surface is covered with hair only. The jaws are pro- duced into a rostrum which is much narrower than that of Ornithorhynchus. The eyes are small, and there is no audi- tory pinna. The tail is vestigial. The opossums {Didelphyidce) (Fig. 316) are arboreal rat-like marsupials, with elongated naked muzzle, with well- developed, though nailless, opposable hallux, and elongated prehensile tail. The Dasyurida? (Australian native cats, tasmanian devil, thylacine, etc.) have the pollex often rudi-. Fic. 316. — Virginian Opossum (Didclphysvirgui
. A manual of zoology. 52S MANUAL OF ZOOLOGY sect. lower surface is covered with hair only. The jaws are pro- duced into a rostrum which is much narrower than that of Ornithorhynchus. The eyes are small, and there is no audi- tory pinna. The tail is vestigial. The opossums {Didelphyidce) (Fig. 316) are arboreal rat-like marsupials, with elongated naked muzzle, with well- developed, though nailless, opposable hallux, and elongated prehensile tail. The Dasyurida? (Australian native cats, tasmanian devil, thylacine, etc.) have the pollex often rudi-. Fic. 316. — Virginian Opossum (). (After Vogt and Specht.) mentary, the foot four-toed, the hallux, when present, small and clawless, and the tail not prehensile. The bandicoots {Pcramelida) are burrowing marsupials, the size of which varies from that of a large rat to that of a rabbit. They have an elongated pointed muzzle, and, in some cases, large auditory pinna?. The first and fifth digits of the fore-foot are vestigial or absent, the remaining three. 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 Parker, T. Jeffery (Thomas Jeffery), 1850-1897; Haswell, William A. (William Aitcheson), 1854-1925. New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Co. ,Ltd.
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