200 THE KANGAROOS. 



SOOTY KANGAROO. 



Macropus fuliginosus. 

 Kangurus fuliginosus, Desmarest. Mammal, p. 273. 



General colour of fur sooty-brown, deeper on the 

 back than on the sides of the body this colour is 

 shaded into grey on the neck, and the chest and 

 belly are of the same tint ; the ears are but sparing- 

 ly clothed, and are externally of a blackish colour, 

 as well as the feet and upper surface of the tail at 

 the apex ; the ears are margined with white hairs, 

 and the tip of the tail is yellowish beneath. The 

 hairs on the feet are brown-black, but terminated 

 with white ; those on the under side of the neck are 

 ashy-brown at the base and whitish at the point, 

 and those on the tail are of an uniform brown-black 

 colour. 



Length of head and body, 59 inches; tail, 29 

 inches ; head, 9f inches the female is one- fifth 

 less. 



Said to inhabit Kangaroo Island. 



The above description is from Desmarest. My own 

 description, from a specimen in the Paris Museum, is 

 from a smaller specimen than that above noticed it 

 is probably the female, and is as follows : General 

 colour yellowish-brown ; toes and apical portion of 

 the tail blackish ; fur long and inclining to a woolly 

 texture ; the long fur extends about one foot on to 

 base of tail, and on the remaining portion the hairs 



