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20. MACROPUS ANTILOPINUS, Gould, sp. (1841). 

 Antilopine Kangaroo. 



Size large ; form stout and heavy. Fur very short, coarse, and 

 straight ; no under fur. Rhinarium large and naked. General 



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color above rich rufous ; below whitish. Face-markings absent. 

 Ears short. Hands and feet rufous-brown, becoming black on 

 the lingers and toes. Tail colored like the body, but rather darker 

 at the extreme tip. Feet rather short ; central hind claw very 

 short. 



Dimensions. Head and body about fifty -six inches ; tail about 

 thirty-six inches. 



Habitat. Northern Territory. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 21, pi. vi. fig. 3 (muzzle); 

 Gould, Mamm. Austr. ii. pis. viii., ix. 



21. MACROPUS GIGANTEUS, Zimmermann, sp. (1777). 



(M. major, Shaw.) 



Kangaroo. 



Size very large ; form robust. Fur short close, and rather 

 woolly ; variable in direction on the fore part of the body. 

 Rhinarium almost entirely hairy. General color above grayish- 

 brown ; underside and inside of limbs whitish. A slight dark 

 whisker-mark on the sides of the nose. Fingers and toes nearly 

 black at their tips. Tail brown, gradually darkening to the 

 extreme tip, which is black. Central hind claw long and strong. 



Dimensions. Head and body about sixty inches ; tail about 

 thirty-seven inches. 



Habitat. All Australia except the extreme north. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 15, pi. v. fig. 1 (rhinariuni); 

 Gould, Mamm. Austr. ii. pis. i., ii. (M. major) ; iii., iv. (M. ocy- 

 dromus). 



2 la. M. GIGANTEUS, var. FULIGINOSUS, Desmarest. 

 Tasmanian Kangaroo. 



Differs only from the typical form in the much longer, coarser, 

 and darker fur, the pure white belly, the hands and feet grizzled- 

 gray without black tips, and the terminal fourth of the tail being 

 deep black. 



Dimensions. Much as in typical form. 

 Habitat. Tasmania. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 19; Gould, Mamm. Austr. 

 ii. pi. v. 



