MACROPUS BILLARDIERII. 227 



RED-BELLIED KANGAROO. 



Macropus BUlardierii. 



Kangurus BiWatdieru, Desmarest. Mammalogie,p. 542, sp. 843. 

 Macropus rufi venter, Ogilby. Proceedings of the Zoological 



Society for February 1838, p. 23 — and in Annals of Natural 



History for May 1838, p. 220. 

 Halms turns (Thylogale) Tasmanei, Gray. Annals of Natural 



History for April 1838, p. 108. 

 " Wallaby " or " Wallahee "' of Van Diemen's Land. 



Tail .shorter than body ; ears short ; fur long and 

 rather soft ; general tint very dark ; on head, upper 

 parts of body, legs and upper part of tail, bro\^n ; 

 under parts dirty yellow ; lips and tip of chin yellow- 

 ish white ; fore and hind-feet brown, toes deep 

 brown; tail dirty brownish yellow beneath. Hairs 

 of the fur brownish-grey at the base, annulated with 

 brownish-white near the apex, and brown-black at 

 the apex ; fur like that of the body covers the basal 

 portion of the tail, on the apical portion the hairs are 

 harsher and somewhat adpressed ; ears internally 

 with yellowish white hairs, externally coloured as 

 upper surface of head. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 21 inches; tail, 

 lOf inches; tarsus, (claws not included) 4 inches 

 8 lines; ear. If inches ; nose to ear, 3 inches 8 lines. 

 Length of skull, 4 inches 1 \ lines ; width, 2 inches 

 1 \ lines ; from front of anterior incisor to posterior 

 palate opening, 1 inch 7 lines; width between anterior 

 molars, 6*| lines; width between last molar, 9 :f lines. 



