

VERTEBRATA. 







THE WOMBAT. 



Derby's Kam;\i;uo. .1/". Derbian us, inhabits Western and Southwestern Australia, and is about 

 the size of the last. 



The Red-bellied Kangaroo, if. Billardierii, is a native of Van Dicmen's Land. It is a gre- 

 garious species, hundreds of them inhabiting the same locality. It is called by the colonists the 

 Wallaby. 



The Short-tailed K vngaroo, if. brachyurus, inhabits the region of King George's Sound. 



The Bei 3H-tailed Rock-Kangaroo, M. penicillatus, inhabits New South Wales, and its flesh 

 a -.iid to he most excellent. It is a gregarious and nocturnal species, dwelling in rocky districts, 

 nnd remarkable for its power of leaping from rock to rock. 



'I'll' Black-flanked Rock-Kangaroo, if. lateralis, inhabits Western Australia, the Swan 

 River d trict, and is nocturnal in its habits, and remarkably shy. 

 if. inornatus inhabits the north coast of Australia. 



The Short-eared Rock-Kangaroo, M. Brachiotis, inhabits the northwest coast of Australia. 



Tlr if. concinntu is also found in the same districts. 



!.k I'.im v's K ingaroo, M. Brunii, was the first of the Marsupiata with which naturalists be- 

 came acquainted, having been described by Le Brun as early as 1711. It is an inhabitant of 

 V' w < luinea. 



Gft nut 1 ,( f£( 'U< M > : Hypsiprymnus. — This includes the Potoroo or Kangaroo Rat, II .muri- 



which is a mild, timid creature, of the size of a rabbit; the body is formed somewhat like 



thai of a rat, but the fore-legs arc exceedingly short and the hind ones long, so that the animals 



move by long leaps on the latter, like the kangaroos. They burrow in the ground and feed on 



ties. 



< >tli< r species, to some of which (iray gives the name of Bettongia, are the H. melanotic, II. 

 .If. Orayi, If. Oaimardii, If. penicillatus^ J3. Gilbertii, II. vlatyops. All the species 

 are of Australia, 



II \I.M A'l LTRUS : Il'ilmaturus. — These resemble the kangaroos, but differ from them 



