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66 of ear 66 of tail animal apex Australia blackish British Museum brown brownish canine claws coronoid process Dasyurida Dasyurus Didelphys Diemen's Land differs dimensions dusky externally female fore feet fore legs genus Gould grey hairs Halmaturus hind feet hind foot hinder Homœopathic Hypsiprymnus incisor teeth Inhabits inner side inner toe Kangaroo Length from tip Length of nasal Lines London lower jaw Macropus male Mammalia marsupial Marsupialia moderately molar teeth muzzle nails naked nasal bones nearly nose to ear nose to root Ogilby Opossum outer side palate pale pencilled Perameles Petaurus Phalangers Phalangista Phascogale Plate posterior premolar root of tail rust colour short skin slender South Wales species specimen suffused tarsi tarsus Temminck tint tip of nose tooth true molars tubercles upper jaw upper surface Van Diemen's Land Western Australia whitish Width of ditto Wombat yellowish white Zoological Society zygomatic arch
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