MAMMIFEROUS ANIMALS. 



in New South Wales by Sir Joseph Banks, when 

 accompanying Captain Cooke in his voyage of 

 discovery ; and since, has been frequently found 

 to exceed the size of a full grown sheep, and. 

 when standing on its hind feet in the act of 

 leaping, to he equal in height to a middle sized 

 man ; measuring from the point of the nose, to 

 the extremity of the tail, more than six feet, and 

 weighing nearly one hundred and forty pounds. 

 Kangaroos, even larger than the above, have been 

 killed in New South Wales; but those of the 

 common size, may be estimated at two thirds less, 

 and there are still smaller species to be met with 

 in that country. 



Upon our fir'st view of this animal, whose color 

 is of a mouse grey, we are immediately struck 

 with the elegant, and tapering form of its head, 

 neck, and shoulders, compared with the great 

 bulk and muscular strength of the lower part of 

 its body ; with the diminutive length, and small- 

 ness of the fore legs, in proportion to those of the 

 hind ones ; with the very extraordinary strength of 

 its tail ; arid with the peculiar arrangement of its 

 teeth, having six incisors or front teeth in the 

 upper jaw, the two middle ones being much lar- 

 ger and more pointed than the other four, and 

 only two incisors, extremely large, long, and pro- 

 minent, in the lower one; each jaw having ten 

 grinders, without the canine teeth peculiar to the 



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