Cheironectes, an aberrant genus of Opossums (q.v.), with webbed hind-feet and of unique aquatic habit. There is but one species, C. variegatus, palmatus, or Yapock (q.v.).
Cheironectes
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 144
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