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stomach is formed of two long pouches, divided into 

 cavities like the colon. Their csecum is also large 

 and cavernose. The radius allows a complete rota- 

 tion to their fore-arm. 



The penis of these two genera is not divided, 

 but the female organs are the same as in the other 

 pouched animals. 



The Gigantic Kanguroo (Macropics Major, Shaw. Didelphis 

 Gigantia, Gm.) Schreb. CLIII. 



Sometimes is six feet high ; the largest animal 

 in New Holland. It was discovered by Cook, 

 in 1779, and at the present day it propagates 

 in Europe. They say that its flesh resembles 

 that of the stag. The little ones, which have 

 but one thumb when born, betake themselves to 

 the pouch of the mother, even when they are 

 old enough to graze, which they do by thrust- 

 ing their muzzles out of the mother's pouch 

 when she is herself grazing. They live in 

 troops conducted by the old males. They 

 make enormous leaps. 

 It would appear that under this name many spe- 

 cies of New Holland and the adjoining countries 

 have been hitherto confounded, the fur of which, 

 more or less gray, varies only by very trifling 

 shades*. 



* JVI. Geoffroy distinguishes the Smoked Kanguroo, the gray of 

 which is somewhat deeper. The Kanguroo with Moustaches, which 

 has some white on the front of the upper lip. The Red-necked Kan- 

 guroo, rather less than the others, and having the nape of the neck 

 tinted with red. 



