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2. PETROGALE INORNATA, Gould (1842). 



Plain-colored Rock-Wallaby. 



Size medium. General color above sandy-gray ; below sandy- 

 white. Face markings indistinct. Ears sandy-gray. A dusky 

 red patch behind the elbow. No shoulder or flank markings. 

 Basal half and greater part of the sides of the tail sandy-brown, 

 the remainder black. 



Dimensions. Head and body about twenty-three inches ; tail 

 about twelve inches. 



Habitat. North coast of Australia. 



References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 70 ; Gould, Mamm. 

 Austr. ii. pis. xlv., xlvi. 



3. PETROGALE BRACHYOTIS, Gould (1840). 



Short-eared Rock-Wallaby. 



Size medium ; form light and slender. Fur short and thin. 

 General color above grayish-fawn, below grayish-white. Face 

 markings almost obsolete. Ears very short, their backs fawn- 

 gray, their edges and extreme tips white. Body markings present 

 but not prominent ; a dark brown blotch behind the elbow, suc- 

 ceeded by a whitish band. Limbs pale gray. Tail gray above, 

 whitish below ; the terminal fourth below tufted with longer dark 



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brown hairs. 



Dimensions. Head and body about twenty-two inches ; tail 

 about sixteen inches. 



Habitat. North-west coast of Australia. 



References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 69, pi. xii. fig. 2 (upper 

 mem of skull); Gould, Mamm. Austr. ii. pi. xlvii. 



4. PETROGALE LATERALIS, Gould (1842). 



West Australian Rock-Wallaby. 



Size medium ; form slender and light. Fur long, soft, close, of 

 a rather woolly texture. General color above light gray, below 

 yellowish-gray. A well defined dark whisker-mark with a whitish 

 or yellowish cheek-stripe below. A narrow black or browu stripe 

 from the occiput to the centre of the back. Ears short, the inside, 

 base and extreme tip of outside yellow, the rest brown. A 

 prominent black or brown mark behind the elbow, succeeded by 

 a white stripe running down to the hip. Front of knee brown, 

 connected by a brown band to shoulder spot. Arms, legs, and 

 feet gray ; fingers and toes black. Tail gray for the proximal, 

 black for the terminal half. 



Dimensions. Head and body about twenty-four inches ; tail 

 about seventeen iiiches. 



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