ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



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GIANT RED KANGAROO 

 : the kangaroos. A standing specim 

 sed as a prop as well as a balancing 



six and a half feet high, 

 sping. 



the nipple in the marsupium by the mother and 

 the pressure of the milk forms a small bull) at 

 the end of the nipple at the back of the mouth. 

 This swelling' being larger than the entrance to 

 the mouth of the young one. holds it on. If the 

 young kangaroo is pulled off at an early stage 

 it cannot be replaced. 



The Grey Kangaroo, (Macropus giganteus) is 

 found across the entire southern part of Aus- 

 tralia as well as in Tasmania. The species 

 from that island (M. fuliginosus) is now very 

 scarce. It has long, dark fur and the under 

 parts are white. The female is much lighter in 

 color than the male. Those on the western side 

 of the mainland usually are darker, but gen- 

 erally melanism is more pronounced among the 

 animals in the western portion of Australia than 

 in the eastern. These animals are only a little 

 inferior in size to the red kangaroo, and the fur 

 is longer and coarser. The males are a dark 

 grey and the females and young much lighter. 

 They are found in open forest country and fre- 

 quently are called locally the Forester Kan- 

 garoo. The variety from Tasmania and Kan- 

 garoo Island (M. fuliginosus) is now very 

 scarce. It lias long, dark fur. the under parts 

 being white. The female is paler than the male. 

 The Wallaroo or Euro Kangaroo, (M. ro- 

 bustus), has long and coarse fur; the color of 

 the male being dark reddish-grey and that of 

 the females more bluish-grey. Farther north 

 in Queensland, the color is often dark greyish- 

 brown in the males. The exact tint varies con- 

 siderably. This variety is found in the central 

 districts of Australia, as well as towards the 



coast. They live only on the rocky ranges and 

 are thickset and strong and adepts at bounding 

 over the often rough country where they are 

 found, and where fequently it is difficult for a 

 dog to follow them. 



Several sub-species of this animal. (M. wood- 

 wardi) from northwest Australia, have been 

 described. The color of the short close hair of 

 the male is bright red and that of the female 

 fawn. The head and body measures four feet 

 and the tail three feet. The fur of M. alliga- 

 toris from north Australia is also short and the 

 color more or less rufous, with the neck, arms 

 and foreback, fawn. Another sub-species from 

 southwestern Australia. M. cervinus, is lighter 

 in color, and lastly M. isabellinus from Barrow 

 Island off West Australia, has a dark rufous 

 back with the front of the neck white. In the 

 southern districts of Australia, in the drier and 

 frequently sandy country where the mallee 

 eucalyptus grows, is found a darker and more 

 slender variety of kangaroo, the Black-Faced 

 (M. melanops). However, as this country is 

 being cleared rapidly for wheat-growing, this 

 animal will become scarce, as it is destroyed by 

 the farmers. 



The Antilopine Kangaroo, (Af. antilopinus) 

 is found in the Coburg Peninsula in north Aus- 

 tralia, and very little is known of this animal. 

 It is of a heavy build with short fur, rufous in 

 color with underparts white. The female is 

 smaller and of a fawn color. The head and 

 bodv are four and one-half feet and the tail two 

 feet long. 



