112 MAMMALIA. MAUSUPIALIA. 



P. sciurea, Shaw. Fur ash-gray above ; edges of the membrane 

 and dorsal line deep brown, beneath white ; tail reddish gray at the 

 base., blackish at the extremity. New Holland. Shaw, i. pi. 113. 



P. Peronii, Desm. Body brown above, white beneath ; membrane 

 x>f the flanks brown ; legs and end of tail white. New Holland. 

 Shaw, i. p. 500. 



** Tail feathery. 



P. pygmcea, Desm. Fur uniform, mouse-gray, with a reddish cast 

 on the back, whitish below. New Holland. Shaw, L pi. 114. 



Gen. 87. POTOROUS, Desm. Macropus, Shaw. 



Incisors f, canines J-J, molars |-| =: 30. Four posterior 

 molars in either jaw with blunt tubercles ; head long and 

 pointed ; ears large ; upper lip cleft ; fore-feet short, with five 

 toes ; hind-feet long, with four toes, two of which united and 

 small ; tail long, robust ; hair woolly ; an abdominal pouch in 

 the female. 



P. murinns, Desm. (Macropus minor, Shaw.) Fur brownish above, 

 gray beneath. New Holland. Shaw, i. pi. 116. 



Gen. 88. KAN GURUS, Geoff. Lacep. Desm. Macropus^ Shaw. 



Incisors f , canines g-g, molars f-f =. 28. Ears large, point- 

 ed ; eyes large ; fore-legs very short, with five toes and strong 

 nails ; hind legs long, robust, with four toes ; the two inter- 

 nal united and small, the central large with a strong claw 

 like a hoof, plantigrade ; tail very strong, with powerful 

 muscles, not prehensile, but serving for locomotion ; an abdo- 

 minal pouch. 



K. labiatus, Geoff. (Macropus major, Shaw.) Large Kangaroo. Fur 

 ash gray above, white beneath ; a gray line across the chin ; legs 

 and upper part of the tail blackish. New Holland. Shaw,\.^\. 115. 



'K.fuliginosus, Peron, Geoff. Fur sooty brown above, grayish be- 

 low ; the legs and tail blackish. New Holland. Desm. p. 273. 



K. rufus, Desm. Fur woolly, clear red above, white beneath. 

 New Holland. Mam. 541. 



K. rufo-griseus, Desm. Geoff. Fur reddish gray above, paler be- 

 neath ; legs and end of the tail passing into brown ; tail reddish. 

 New Holland. -Mam. 273. 



K. nificollis, Geoff. Fur hare gray above, pure white beneath ; 

 neck and upper part of the shoulders red mixed with gray. 

 King's Island. Maw. 274. 



K. Eugenii, Desm. Fur grayish brown above ; front of the fore- 

 legs reddish, whitish below. New Holland. Perhaps the young 

 of the former species ? >Mam. 274. 



K.fasciatus, Desm. Fur gray with a brown band across the back 

 and loins. New Holland Peron. Voy. t. 27- 



