KANGAROOS AND WALLABIES. 21 
Size large; form stout and heavy. Fur of medium length, 
rather thick and coarse. Nose naked. General colour dark 
smoky brown, lighter on the under-parts; region of nose 
and back of ears nearly black ; lips, inside and base of ears 
pale grey; limbs and tail very dark brown, gradually passing 
into black at their extremities. Central hind toe very short. 
Length of head and body about 60 inches; tail about 36 
inches. 
Distribution The mountain ranges of Queensland, New 
South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. 
Habits—As implied by its name of Rock-Kangaroo, this 
species, which is fully equal in size to the Great Grey Kangaroo 
of the plains, is an inhabitant of bare rocky ranges, where it is 
generally found in parties of from four to six. In disposition 
it is much more savage than the Grey Kangaroo, biting savagely 
when attacked, and at the same time making effective use of 
its extremely powerful fore limbs. It is even said that when 
extremely hard pressed, this Kangaroo will rush on its foes 
and hurl them by its impact down the steep ledges among which 
it is hunted. 
Gould, who was somewhat indisposed to admit the social 
habits of the Great Grey Kangaroo, writes that the present 
species ‘‘may be regarded as a gregarious animal, four, six, 
and even more individuals being frequently seen in company. 
On one of the mountains near Turi, to the eastward of the 
Liverpool Plains, it was very numerous; and from the nature 
of this and the other localities in which I observed it, must 
_. possess the power of existing for long periods without water, 
that element being rarely met with in such situations. The 
summits of the hills to which this species resorts soon 
become intersected by numerous roads and well-trodden 
tracks, caused by its repeatedly traversing from one part 
