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MAnsnriATA. 



MARSUPIATA. 



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I of vegetable*, and it 1s Mid to burrow in the ground. A untral ia 

 U iu looliVr, and Leason my* that it is not rare in the neighbourhood 

 of Port Jackson, especially near the river WeragambU in the Blue 

 Mountain!. 



Kangu-oo-Ral (ffypiiprynniu Fotaroa). 



V. Lesson records two other species, and Mr. Ogilby described 

 (' ZooL Proc.,' 1 831 ) a fourth, Ilypiiprymnui tftotta, known in the colony 

 of New South Wales by the native name of Bettong Kangaroo. The 

 specimen described by Mr. Ogilby wag believed to have been brought 

 from Swan River. The last-named zoologist bos also characterised six 

 other new species. (' Zool. Proc.,' 1838.) 



Skull of ITypiiprytntHU. 



A second specie*, B. GMertii, has been described by Mr. Gould. 



Sub-genus Halmaturiu (llliger in part). Differing from the true 

 Kangaroos in having shorter ears, a toil nearly naked, or only with a 

 few hairs. Dental Formula : 



IncUon, =; Canine,, =; 

 1 1 



Molar* = = 



Teflh of ITaliraltina. F. Cnrlrr. 



II. tlrgmu (Kangurtu faiciatui of P<<ron and Lesueur). Colou 

 mouse-gray, bounded transversely with reddish-brown on the back 

 and loins. Sire of a large hare. 



It haunts the under thick bushea, and is said to form subterranean 

 galleries in the island of St. Pierre. 



Sub-genus Macroput (Shaw ; Ualmatunu of llliger in part). Head 

 elongated ; ears very large; upper lip cleft ; whiskers very short and 

 few. Posterior limbs like those of Hyptiprymnut, but much longer 

 and more robust Tail long, triangular, very muscular. Dental 



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Formula : Incisors, |. ; Canines, _ _ ; Molars, LJl = 24. 



If. major and M. gigatiteut of Shaw (A'anjntrui labiatui of 

 Geoffiroy; Dtdtlphyt gigantttt of Gmelin ; the Kangaroo of Cook). 



Gum Kangaroo (Mucioftu tun/or). 



This extraordinary animal, discovered by Captain Cook, is now so 

 well known, that a description, iu addition to our illustrations and 

 account of its animal economy at the beginning of this article, would 

 be superfluous. Our countrymen pursued it in Australia with grey- 

 hounds, and the leaps which it took surprUed those who beheld it 

 clear obstacles 7 or 8 feet high. In size it equals a sheep, some of 

 the largest weighing 140 Ibs., and the flesh i.i represented by those 

 who have tasted it as being a little like venison. The species breeds 

 pretty freely in this country, and has been kept with success in our 

 parks. 



It inhabits New South Wales, Southern and Western Australia, and 

 Van Diemen's Land. It is known to the colonists by the namrs of 

 ' Boomer ' and ' Forrester.' Mr. Gould describes two species, Sf.ocydro- 

 mtu and it. nelnnopt, which Mr. Waterhouie regards as specifically 

 identical with J/. yiyantau. 



M. fuliginofut, Sooty Kangaroo (Kanyurut ftdiyinonu, Desmarest; 

 Kangaroo Giant, F. Cuvier). It is about the same size as the last 

 species. Mr. Wuti-rhousc thinks this species will turn out to be a 

 variety of the last. He says " the name Sooty Kangaroo is most ill 

 applied to the present animal, since its colouring is anything but sooty, 

 being for the most part of a brownish-yellow, rather bright on the 

 sides of the body, and somewhat suffused with dusky-brown on the 

 middle of the back." 



M. unguifer, the Nail-Tailed Kangaroo, first described by Mr. Gould, 

 has a nail-like horny excrescence at the end of its tail It is smaller 

 than the foregoing species. 



M.franatui, the Bridled Kangaroo, in another nail-tailed species, 

 discovered by Mr. Gould. Its weight varies from 10 Ibs. to 15 Ibs. 



M. auraltu, the Crescent-Marked Kangaroo, is about the size of a 

 rabbit. It inhabits the Swan River district, Western Autralia. 



M.ltporoidtt (Layorchata leporoidct, Gould), the Hare- Kangaroo, 

 is a pretty little Kangaroo, about the me of the common bare. Its 

 powers of leaping are very extraordinary. " While out on the plains 

 of South Australia," says Mr. Gould, " I started a Hare Kangaroo 

 before two fleet dog; after running to the distance of a quarter of a mile, 



