LAGORCHESTES. 45 



Note. There is not at present sufficient evidence to justify the 

 retention of Mr. De Vis' two supposed species D. bennettianus 

 and D. rufus as distinct from Collett's animal. 



Genus VIII. LAGORCHESTES, Gould (1841). 



Form macropine. Rhinarium wholly or partly hairy. Central 

 hind claws long and strong, not hidden by the hair. Tail rather 

 short, evenly short-haired throughout. No trace of a caudal spur. 



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Dentition. 1. j-^ C. -g-, P. ^^ M. j-^ x 2 = 34. 

 Habits. Terrestrial ; herbivorous. 



1. LAGORCHESTES HIRSUTUS, Gould (1844). 



Rufous Hare -Wallaby. 



Form light and slender. Rhinarium nearly wholly hairy. 

 Muzzle narrow and light. Fur long and coarse ; under fur of 

 back dark -slate, with pale or rufescent tips. General color above 

 finely grizzled gray, becoming rich rufous on the rump ; below 

 yellowish-gray. Band round eye but slightly rufous. Ears long, 

 more than one-third of the hind foot, their backs grizzled-gray, 

 insides and edges white. Lateral bands inconspicuous. No black 

 patch on the elbow. Arms, hands, front of legs and feet pale 

 yellowish-white or gray ; outsides and backs of legs rufous. Tail 

 dull grizzled-gray, short-haired. Canines small. 



Dimensions. Head and body about eighteen inches; tail about 

 fifteen inches. 



Habitat. West Australia. 



References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 87 ; Gould, Mamm. 

 Austr. ii. pi. Iviii. 



2. LAGORCHESTES LEPOROIDES, Gould, sp. (1840). 

 Common Hare-Wallaby. 



General color above coarsely grizzled yellowish- brown ; below 

 dirty yellowish-gray. Rufous band round the eye prolonged for- 

 wards on the sides of the muzzle. Backs and insides of ears 

 whitish. A black patch on the elbow. Legs colored like the 

 body; hands and feet finely grizzled grayish- white. Tail brownish- 

 gray above, nearly white on sides and below. Other characters 

 as in L. hirsutus. 



Dimensions. Head and body about twenty inches ; tail about 

 thirteen inches. 



Habitat. interior of New South Wales ; South Australia. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 82, pis. ix. fig. 13 (tipper 

 front teeth), xi. fig. 4 (rhinarium); Gould, Mamm. Austr. ii. pi. 

 Ivii. 



