. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. .588 THE POUCHED ANIMALS. Gbe Carnivorous fIDarsupials. SECOND SUBORDER: Polvprotodontia. The second suborder of the Pouched Animals is constituted by the carnivorous forms (Polyprotodon- tia), which are distinguished from the members of the first suborder by reason of the great number of incisor teeth—from fourteen to eighteen—of which eight or ten are found above and six or eight below. These teeth are small and of nearly uniform size, and are greatly surp
. Brehm's Life of animals : a complete natural history for popular home instruction and for the use of schools. Mammals; Animal behavior. .588 THE POUCHED ANIMALS. Gbe Carnivorous fIDarsupials. SECOND SUBORDER: Polvprotodontia. The second suborder of the Pouched Animals is constituted by the carnivorous forms (Polyprotodon- tia), which are distinguished from the members of the first suborder by reason of the great number of incisor teeth—from fourteen to eighteen—of which eight or ten are found above and six or eight below. These teeth are small and of nearly uniform size, and are greatly surpassed in size by the long, pointed canine teeth. Sbe Banoicoots. FOURTH FAHILY: Even an inexperienced, amateur naturalist will readily recognize the members of the first family of the Carnivorous Marsupials, namely the Bandicoots (Peramelidee). The considerably lengthened hinder peculiar and tolerably quick, as their pace consists of a series of leaping steps of varying length. Their diet consists mainly of plants, especially of succu- lent roots and tubers; but they also eat insects, worms and seeds. The Long-nosed The Long-nosed Bandicoot {Peram- Bandicoot and its eles nasuta) belongs to the Bandi- Characteristics. coots proper, indigenous not only to Australia but also to New Guinea. It is an animal of peculiar physical structure, having many points of resemblance to a Rabbit and also to a Shrew. Adult animals measure rather more than twenty inches, including the tail, which is nearly five inches long. Gbc fl>reoaccous flDarsupials. FIFTH FAMILY: The predaceous Pouched Animals {DasyuridcB) form the second family of their suborder. Fore and. stent digger, and when it is i latifrons.) legs and the deviating toe formation constitute fea- tures likely to be noticed by anybody. Of the five fore toes only the two or three middle ones are large and well developed, and they are armed with strong, curved claws. The second and third toes of the hinder f
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