General Zoology/Ursine Opossum
URSINE OPOSSUM.
- Didelphis Ursina. D. flavescens, labio superiore bifido.
- Yellowish O. with bifid upper lip.
The largest of all the Opossums: size of a Badger: colour pale yellow: fur longish and sub-erect: nose strongly divided by a furrow.
Native of New Holland: a species very lately discovered, and not yet fully or satisfactorily known or described.