J80 THE KANGAROOS. 



SMALL-FOOTED HYPSIPRYMNUS. 



HyjysijJ rym n u s micropus. 

 Hypsiprymnus micropus, Gould''s MSS. 



This species closely resembles the H. murinus^ 

 but the head is proportionately smaller, and so are 

 the fore and hind-feet, and the tail is shorter. The 

 fur is rather more harsh and more distinctly pencilled 

 with \^hitish ; all the liairs of the under fur on the 

 back are slate grey at the base, and rusty brown 

 externally ; tlie harsher hairs, which are abundant, 

 have the basal half slate grey, and the remaining 

 portion Mhite, slij^htly tinted with rust colour, 

 and, attlie point, they are black; besides these, there 

 are some iiitersperscd longer hairs which are entirely 

 bhich, exce])ting at tlie root: the fur on the belly is 

 ]iale grey next the skin, and dirty white externally ; 

 fore and hind-feet brown ; greyish above, excepting 

 on the toes ; ears densely clothed with brown hairs; 

 blackish at the margin. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 15^ inches; tail, 

 about 7 inches; tarsus, 2 inches 7 lines; nose to 

 ear, 3 inches 2 lines ; ear, 1 inch 1 line. 



Inhabits King George's Sound. — From the collec- 

 tion of Mr. Uould. 



The skull of this species has the same elongated 

 narrow foi-m as that of the H. murinus, with which 

 it very nearly agrees in size, but is remarkable for 

 convexity of the outer surface of the superior maxil- 



