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** Kangaroo Filandre 



- d' Aroe 



Didelphus biun." 



The comparison left no doubt on my mind as to the 

 identity of the two animals. Desmarest's description 

 perfectly agrees with the present species, and was 

 probably taken from the last mentioned specimen ; 

 there must be some mistake in his dimension, which 

 gives for the length of the tail one foot ; it ought to 

 be two feet. The animal referred to in Desmarest's 

 synonyms — that first noticed by Le Brunn, is a very 

 different species. In a specimen of M. ucdabatus in 

 the Museum of the Zoological Society, a rusty hue 

 is very conspicuous on the haunches and lower por- 

 tion of the back; a broadish black mark runs upwards 

 to the shoulders on each side, from beneath the base 

 of the fore-leg ; the under parts of the body are rusty 

 yellow ; a very deep rusty red hue prevails around 

 the base of the ears ; the tail is for the most part 

 brown beneath, but at the apex the hairs are whitish 

 — it does not appear to be so thick at the base as in 

 M. Bennett ii. 



This, which is the Walabee of New South Wales, 

 somewhat resembles the Briish Kangaroo of Van 

 Diemen's Land, (M. Bennettii) it is however rather 

 smaller and its colouring is darker and richer ; it is 

 less grey ; the under parts of the body are rusty 

 yellow instead of grey-white ; the hairs of the tail 

 are longer and not adpressed ; the ears are rather 

 shorter and apparently black, whereas in M. Bennettii 

 they are of a yellowish flesh colour. It is easily 



