32 MAMMALS OF THE PACIFIC WORLD 



kangaroos are restricted to the inland plains of New South 

 Wales but they had formerly a far wider range. 



The gray kangaroo or forester inhabits open forests and 

 brush from northern Queensland to South Australia, and dis- 

 tinct races appear in southwestern Australia and in Tasmania. 



A third type of large kangaroo, the Wallaroos or Antilopine 

 Kangaroos (Osphranter) which haunt rocky places, have rela- 

 tively shorter, stockier limbs than have Macropus. The tip of 

 the muzzle between the nostrils is hairless (in Macropus it is 

 more or less hairy). A good many kinds of wallaroos have been 

 distinguished, and both red and gray kinds exist among them. 

 The total length may reach eight feet, of which three feet make 

 up the length of the tail. The typical wallaroo ranged orig- 

 inally from Queensland to Victoria; the antilope wallaroo, its 

 close relative, lives in the Northern Territory of Australia. 

 Still another race of wallaroo occurs in the southwest of Aus- 

 tralia. 



The wallabies include a far wider assortment of animals than 

 do the large kangaroos. They include four general groups of 

 animals of typical kangaroo appearance: sand wallabies, 

 pademelons, rock wallabies, and hare wallabies. 



Sand or Agile Wallabies (Wallabia) and allies include some 

 seven species, among which may be mentioned the pretty-face, 

 black-tailed, red-necked, black-gloved, and agile wallabies. 

 These names relate to their distinctive characters and serve 

 fairly well to distinguish them. A white hip-stripe is seen in 

 several. One, the agile wallaby, is known beyond Australia ; in 

 southern New Guinea and on the savannas about Port Moresby 

 a race of this wallaby is common. The size is variable, but gen- 

 erally the over-all length is about five feet, of which the tail 

 measures two and one-half feet. 



The Pademelons or Scrub Wallabies (Thylogale, Setonix) 

 are generally smaller than the wallabies of the "agile" group. 

 Many of the Australian forms are reddish brown or chestnut 

 on the nape and hind legs, while distinct offshoots found in 



