18 



MACEOPODID^. 



broad, with •weU-maiked central connecting ridges (see Pi. VI. 



deciduous. Lower p.* very small, only 



fig. 4). Anterior molars 

 about 6 miUim. long. 



c?. ?. 



Spec, k Spec. I 



(stuffed), (stuffed), 



millim. millim. 



Head and body 1500 1170 



Tail 930 730,^ ,Qon q)=;« 



Hind foot 337 289 f ^^^^^e f.f "S 



Ear 100 98 1 $278-298.) 



Skull, see p. 29. 



Sab. AH Australia except the extreme north ; replaced in 

 Tasmania by the variety fuliginosus. 



Type not in existence. 



This, the common Kangaroo of the greater part of Australia, 

 and, except M. bruni, the earliest known of the family, has formed 

 the basis for nearly aU the numerous and important inveptigations 

 into the anatomy and natural history of the famUy. As to its 

 systematic history, it has, as is usual with widely spread species, 

 been split up into several so-caUed different species. Of these, I 

 am inclined for the present to consider two (M. fuligmosus and 

 M. melanops) as of varietal rank, while I am unable to admit that 

 Mr. Gould's M. ocydromus, the Western Australian form, is in any 

 way separable from the common type. 



a. Ad. skull, 5 . North of Rockhampton, Sir R. Owen [P.]. 



Queensland {Bennett). 



T j Ad. sk. I o Inland, New South Wales. K. H. Bennett, Esq. 

 "■ 1 Skull. f¥- [P.&C.l. 



c. Foetus (about 23 New England District, G. E. Adlard, Esq. 

 mm. long). N. S. W- [P- & 0.]. 



d, e. Ad. skeletons, Dubbo, N. S. W. Purchased. 



f „ J Ad. St. I - ri South Australia. Sir Geo. Grey [P.!. 



■^'^- jSkuUs. I'^S- ^ -' 



7 j Ad. sk. I „ South Australia. Purchased. 



"■ ] Skull, f ^ ■ 

 i Ad. skull. Redesdale, S. A. (F. G. Sir R. Owen [P.]. 



Waterhouse). 

 j. Imm. skull. ^ Mt. Ivor, S. A. (F. Q. W.). Su- R. Owen [P.]. 



k, I. Ad. St., ^ $. Swan River, W. A. (Mr. Gould Coll. {Co- 



IMesa). types of M. ocydromus, Gould.) 



m. Ad. sk., 9 . Swan R., W. A . (j; Qilhert). Gould OoU. 



^_ I Ad. sk. K Toodyay,W.A.(j:G^V6«ri!). Gould Coll. 



o, p. Ad. $ & yg. sks. Wongar,W. A. {J. Gilbert). Gould Coll. 

 y, Imm. St., 5 (semi- We8tAustralia(j:OTJer<). Gould Coll. 



albino). 

 r. Ad. sk., $ . Moore's R., W. A. (J. Gil- Gould Coll. 



lert). 



