SS MAOKOPODID^. 



Halmaturus oruni, Wagn. Schr. Sdug. Supp. iii. p. 119 (1843); 



Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 655 (1844). 

 Halmatuius asiatieus, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 91 (1843) (w«c 



Fall}) ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 126 (18(32). 

 Hypsiprymnusdorcocephalus, Owenj Odontogr., Text, p. 289(1845). 

 Kangurus bruni, Besm. Diet. Univ. d'H, N. vii. p. 170 (1849). 

 Dorcopsis asiatieus, Gi-ay, Toy. Samarang, Vert. p. 32 (1850) ; id. 



P. Z. S. 1858, p. 106. 

 Hypsiprymnus bruni, Wagn. Schr. Sdug. Supp. v. j. 300 (1855). 

 Macropus miilleri, ScUeg. Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. p. 353 (1866) ; 



id. bierent. .p. 171 (1872). 

 Dorcopsis miilleri, Qarrod, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 49 et seqq. pi. ix. figs. 6- 



10 (teeth) ; Petei-s Sf Bona, Arm. Mm. Genov. xvi. p. 685 fl880) ; 



Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. p. 322 (1887). 



Bbown Dokcopsis. 



Ehinarium wholly naked (see PI. XI. fig. 9). Fur short, close, 

 and glossy, the whole of that on the nape and shoulders and fore- 

 quarters directed forwards. General colour uniform chocolate- 

 brown. Head brown, muzzle and sides of face paler, the fur here 

 excessively short ; an indistinct whitish cheek-stripe just appreciable. 

 Ears very short and small, their backs rathpr darker than the crown 

 of the head. Head and back uniform brown, the bases of the hairs 

 nearly white. Sides with a short transverse white stripe running 

 from the belly towards the back just in front of the hip. Chin, 

 chest, and belly- white, the hairs white to their roots. Inner 

 sides of hips quite naked. Arms and hands, and front of legs white 

 or very pale brown ; back of legs and feet brown. Tail about as 

 long as the body without the head, brown above and below, its 

 terminal three inches white, nearly naked. 



Female considerably smaller than the male, and with the belly-fur 

 on each side of the pouch slightly darker than the rest of the belly, 

 but not forming prominent dark stripes as in D. luctuosa. 



Skull very much elongated, its greatest breadth just half its 

 length. Brain-case also long and narrow, so that the facial index 

 is not remarkably high (215-217). Muzzle strong and conical. 

 Nasals narrow, evenly rounded behind, but little expanded. Inter- 

 orbital space flat, its edges strongly ridged, overhanging and forming 

 rudimentary postorbital processes. Upper opening of lachrymal 

 canal generally partly within the orbit, and not shut off by a bony 

 ridge. Palatal foramina oval, rounded. Posterior palatal vacuities 

 generally confined to palatal bone, and not encroaching upon the 

 maxiUary. 



Teeth. Incisors small and light. I.' with its external notch in 

 front pf the middle of the tooth. Canines stout and strong, 

 exceeding I." in size. Two sets of cheek-teeth quite parallel, not 

 converging before or behind. P.'' as long as m.i, m.'^, and half m.s 

 combined, its outer side with four or five vertical grooves. Molars 

 as described above. 



