ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



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Distinct facial 



PARRY'S KANGAROO 

 rkintrs render this species quite roc< 



(M. greyi) is found. It is a slender animal and 

 can travel very fast. The color is greyish-fawn 

 with a rufous tinge on the neck. It measures 

 about two and one-half feet in length and its 

 tail slightly under. Another fine wallaby, the 

 Black Striped, (M. dorsalis) is found in the 

 inland districts of New South Wales and south- 

 ern Queensland. The general color is grev with 

 a reddish tinge on the forequarters, and it is 

 readily distinguished by a narrow black line 

 down the center of its back. It measures 

 slightly oxer two and one-half feet and its tail 

 two feet. 



The Black Gloved Wallaby, (.1/. irma) from 

 southwestern Australia is a well-marked animal, 

 with soft fur of a bluish-grey above, white be- 

 low the chin, cheek stripes also of the same 

 color, and another white stripe on the neck, 

 edged with darker color. They measure about 

 three feet and tail two and one-half feet, thrive 

 well in captivity and make very docile pets. 

 The Agile Wallaby. (M. acfilis) is a heavier 

 animal with short, coarse dark sandy-colored 

 fur. very short ears and a long tail that easily 

 distinguishes it. The habitat of this species is 

 southeast New Guinea, as well as in the north- 

 eastern portion of Australia. The Cape York 

 Wallaby. (M. coxeni), another species from 

 northeast Australia, is also a dark sandy color, 

 darker on the back with white underparts and 

 a white hip-stripe. These animals are small. 



being only twenty-eight inches long and their 

 tail fourteen inches. 



The Rufous-Bellied Wallaby. (A/, billar- 

 dieri) used to be exceedingly numerous in Vic- 

 toria and especially on the islands in Bass 

 Straits, as well as in Tasmania, but those on 

 the islands have been nearly cleared out. The 

 hunters with packs of kangaroo dogs, used to 

 burn the thick patches of scrub in which they 

 knew the wallabies had taken refuge during the 

 day and their dogs caught the unfortunate ani- 

 mals as they ran out. Their habitat is in the 

 dense scrub and although their runs are very 

 numerous in such places, they are fairly safe 

 under ordinary circumstances. Many hun- 

 dreds of thousands of their skins have been ex- 

 ported. These animals are of stout build, have 

 thick, soft fur of a dark greyish-brown color, 

 face and head olive-grey and no face markings. 

 The body measures twenty-seven inches and the 

 tail which is very short, only fourteen inches. 



The Short-Tailed Wallaby, (M. brachyurus) 

 from western Australia is the smallest of the 

 wallabies. Its body measures twenty-three 

 inches and its tail ten inches. Its fur is long 

 and coarse and is a uniform greyish-brown. The 

 ears are small and rounded. Its habits are iden- 

 tical with those of the rufous-bellied wallaby. 



The Rock Wallabies (Petrogale), are found 

 all over Australia, but not in Tasmania. As 

 their name implies they live only in rough, rocky 



