SPECIES OF MAMMALIA. 



Toes five, sharply clawed ; the third very large, w^ith a large 

 claw ; the fourth moderate. Tail long, rather thick. 



517. 1. P. Murinus (Kanguroo Rat). Fur brownish 

 above, gray beneath. 



Macropus Minor, ShaWy Gen. Zool. Hypsiprymus 

 Murinus, llliger^ Prod. 79. Potorous Murinus, Desm. 

 Mamm. 271. Kangurus Gaimardi, Desm. Mam. ii. 540. 



Kanguroo Rat, Philips' Voy. Bot. Bay, 211 . Potooroo 

 or Kanguroo-Rat, JVhite's Journal of a Voyage to New 

 South Wales, 286. Lesser Kanguroo, Penant, Quad. ii. 32. 



Icon. Philips, I. c. t. 47. White, I. c. f. 60. Shaw's 

 Gen. Zool. t. 116. Ency. Method. Sitppl. t. 962. 



Inhab. New Holland. 



M. F. Cuvier observes that there are three or four species 

 of this genus. Messrs. Quoy and Guimard have named two, 

 P. Lesuerii, from the head only, and P. Peronii, from the 

 skeleton in the Paris Museum. 



Genus VII. — Kangurus. 



Cutting-teeth |, canine %^ ; cheek-teeth f ^. Head elon- 

 gated. Ears large, pointed ; eyes large. Fore-legs very 

 short; toes five, strongly clawed. Hind-legs very long, 

 strong; toes four ; the two inner small, united ; the central 

 very large, strongly clawed; the outer moderate ; the me- 

 tatarsus very long, thin ; sole applied the whole length to 

 the earth. Tail long, very strong; not prehensile, used in 

 jumping. 



518. 1. K. Labiatus (Large Kanguroo). Fur ash-gray 

 above, white beneath, with an ash gray line across the chin ; 

 the legs and upper part of tlio tail Mackish. 



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