76 CLASS MAMMALIA. 



Very lately has been discovered, 



The Elegant Kanguroo, (Macr. elegans,) Peron. 

 Voy. I. xxvii. 



Of the size of a large hare, gray-white, radiated 

 cross- wise with brown. Of the island of St. 

 Pierre. 



Another species has been known much more an- 

 ciently : 



The Kanguroo of Aroe, (JDidelphis brunii, Gm.) Schreb. 

 CXLIII. Named Pelandor Aroe, or the Rabbit of Aroe, 

 by the Malays of Amboyna. 



European naturalists did not pay sufficient at- 

 tention to the description given by Valentine 

 and Le Bruyn of this animal. It is larger than 

 a hare, brown above and fawn-coloured under- 

 neath, and is found in the islands of Aroe\ near 

 Banda, and in that of Solor. 



The fifth subdivision has in the lower jaw two 

 long incisors without canines, and the upper two 

 long incisors situated in the middle, some small 

 ones on the sides, and two small canines. It com- 

 prehends but one genus. 



The Koalas, 

 With clumsy body, short legs, and without a tail. 

 Its front toes, to the number of five, are divided into 

 two groups for the purpose of grasping : the thumb 

 and index are on one side, the three other toes on 

 the opposite. The thumb is wanting in the hind- 



