44. LAGOSTROPHUUS. 
1. Lagostropuus Fasciatus, Peron & Lesson, sp. (1807). 
Banded Hare-Wallaby. 
Size small ; form light and graceful. Hair of muzzle growing 
downwards to level of upper internal angle of nostril. Fur thick 
and soft. General color above grizzled grayish-brown, arranged 
posteriorly in black and white transverse bands; below mixed 
gray and white. Ears short, their backs gray. Arms and backs 
of legs gray with a reddish tinge ; hands and feet yellowish-gray. 
Tail uniformly clothed with close-set short hairs, yellowish-gray 
above, dull yellow below. 
Dimensions.—-Head and body about eighteen inches ; tail about 
thirteen inches. 
Habitat.—West Australia. 
References.—Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 100, pls. xi. fig. 10 (rhin- 
arium), xiii. fig. 4 (upper incisors, &e.); Gould, Mamm. Austr. 
ii. pl. lvi. 
Genus VII.—DENDROLAGUS, Schlegel & Miiller (1839 - 44). 
Form not macropine. Rhinarium broad, only partially naked, 
very short scattered hairs being present down to the upper part 
of the nasal septum. Fur on nape and sometimes on back directed 
forwards. Anterior limbs stout and strong, nearly as large as 
the posterior. Hind feet broad, the syndactylous second and third 
toes not disproportionately smaller than the two outer. Claws 
stout and strong, those on the fourth and fifth hind toes curved 
like thoseon the hand. Tail very long, evenly and thickly haired. 
Dentition.—I. 122, C. 7, P. poss, M. 7335 x 2 = 34. 
Habits—Arboreal ; phytophagous. 
1. DENDROLAGUS LUMHOLTZI, Collett (1844). 
Queensland Tree-Kangaroo. 
Size thick. Fur long and rather coarse, reversed from withers 
to crown. Face black ; a paler band across the forehead. Ears 
black without, yellow within ; the hairs short and coarse. Back 
pale grizzled gray, sides and belly pale yellowish-white ; chin 
black, chest white. Arms to wrists, and legs to ankle pale yellow; 
wrists and ankles darker; fingers and toes black. Tail mixed 
black and pale yellow, the upper side the paler, but with a darker 
patch near the base. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about twenty-six inches; tail 
about the same length. 
Habitat.—Herbert River District, Queensland. 
References.—Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 96, pl. xiii. fig. 1 (molars ); 
Collett, P.Z.S. 1884, p. 387, pl. xxxii. 
