Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history (1898)
Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889, Holder, Joseph B. (Joseph Bassett), 1824-1888, Prang, Louis, 1824-1909, lithographer, Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884, Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Illustrated natural history, National Zoological Park (U.S.), former owner. DSI · New York : Selmar Hess · leaf 106
-three species of the family Didelphyide. The species are most numerous in Brazil. The North American Opossum ranges from the Hudson River to Florida. The skins of the Opossum are now of considerable commercial value. The prehensile tail of this animal is well illustrated in the two engravings. Tue… … There is generally an indis- tinct dark line drawn over the forehead. The tail is covered with scales, interspersed with short hairs, and its basal half is black, the remainder being of a grayish-white. For the first three inches of its length it is densely clothed with sooty-black fur of the same…
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