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HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The KANGUROO-RAT, of New 



South - Wa les, 



is about the fize of a Rabbit, and in fhape refembles the 

 Kanguroo, both in refpecl: to the fhortnefs of the fore 

 legs, and the peculiar construction and ufe of the hind 

 ones ; the form of the head is like that of a Rat, and its 

 body nearly of the fame colour; in the upper jaw it has 

 two long cutting teeth, with three fhort ones on each 

 fide of them \ in the lower jaw, two long cutting teeth, 

 and three grinders on each fide. 



The female, like moft of the animals of that country, 

 has a pouch, like the Opoflum. 



It feeds on vegetables, burrows in the ground, and is 

 very tame and inoffenfive. 



