GREATER KANGAROO, JERBOA, AND 
LABRADOR JUMPING MOUSE. 
COMPARATIVE FIGURES, DIMENSIONS, AND HABITS OF 
THE KANGAROO, JERBOA, AND LABRADOR JUMPING 
MOUSE. 
KANGAROOS are found only in New Hol- 
land, or New South Wales, and in Van 
Diemen’s Land, where there are three spe- 
cles, or varieties, of which that called the 
Greater, is seen in the Garden and Museum, 
and is at present bred with great facility in 
several parts of England. The Kangaroos 
are allies to the Opossum, upon account of 
the bag in which the female carries its young; 
and to the Jerboa, (though vastly superior 
in size,) upon account of its form and modes 
of moving, feeding, and living. 
The Greater Kangaroo, which sometimes 
measures nine feet, from the tip of the nose 
to the end of the tail, and weighs a hundred 
