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RAT KANGUROO. 



Macropus Minor. M. fuscus, subtus cinereus, auriculis rotunda- 



tis, palmis tetradactylis, 

 Brown Kanguroo, ash-coloured beneath, with rounded ears and 



tetradactylous fore feet. 



Kanguroo Rat. Phillip's voyage to Bot. Bay, p. 277. pi. 47. 

 The Poto Roo, or Kanguroo Rat. White's voy. to New South 



Wales, p. 286.pl. 60. 

 Lesser Kanguroo. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 32. 



THIS species, which, from its colour and the 

 general aspect of its upper parts, has obtained, the 

 title of the Kanguroo Rat, is about the size of a 

 rabbet : the head is rather flattened sideways, and 

 bears some resemblance to that of a rat: the 

 general shape of the animal resembles that of 

 the Kanguroo, but is far less elegant, the pro- 

 portions of the parts less pleasing, and the hair, 

 which is a dusky cinereous brown, of a coarser 

 nature. In its teeth it agrees with the great 

 Kanguroo, except that it has eight instead of six 

 front teeth in the upper jaw, the two middle 

 ones being sharp-pointed : the for& teeth in the 

 lower jaw are like those of the Kanguroo as to 

 shape and position, but are smaller in propor-^ 

 tion : the grinders are three in number on each, 

 side both above and below, the foremost being 

 fluted or channelled with several longitudinal 

 ribs; the two remaining ones plain: the ears are 

 rather large, and on each side of the upper lip are 

 several long vibrissse or whiskers. The structure 

 of the hind feet in this species perfectly resembles 



