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20. MAcRopPUS 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 
color above rich rufous; below. whitish. Face-markings absent. 
Ears short. Hands and feet rufous-brown, becoming black on 
the fingers 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.—Vhomas,. B.M. Catal. p. 21, pl. vi. fig. 3 (muzzle ); 
Gould, Mamm. Austr. ii. pls. vili., 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, pl. v. fig. 1 (rhinartum); 
Gould, Mamm. Austr. ii. pls. i, ii. (Jf. major) ; iii., iv. (M. ocy- 
dromus ). 
2la. 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. pl. v. 
