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HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



THE KANGUROO RAT OF NP:W SOUTH 

 WALES. 



Is about the size of a Rabbit, and in shape re- 

 sembles the Kanguroo, both in respect to the short- 

 ness of the fore legs, and the peculiar use and 

 construction of the hind ones ; the form of the head 

 is like that of a Rat, and its body nearly of the 

 same colour; in the upper jaw it has two long 

 cutting teeth, with three short ones on each side 

 of them ; in the lower jaw, two long cutting teeth, 

 and three grinders on each side. 



The female, like most of the animals of the 

 country, has a pouch, like the Opossum. 



It feeds on vegetables, burrows in the ground, 

 and is very tame and inoffensive. 



