508 GREAT KANGUEOO. 
a dog. In Mr. Schreber's Avork on Quadrupeds^ 
as well as in the first edition of Mr. Pennant's His- 
tory of Quadrupeds^ this figure is copied with the 
fault just mentioned; but in Mr. Pennant's last 
edition it is properly corrected, and rendered a 
faithful representation : this figure, therefore, so 
far as regards the general attitude, has been se- 
lected for the present publication, accompanied 
by other sketches expressive of its diflferent pos- 
tures*. It should seem that the first described spe- 
cimens of the Kanguroo were males ; so that one of 
its greatest singularities was still unobserved, viz. . 
the large abdominal pouch or receptacle in which 
the young are preserved for many months after 
their first production ; and in which this animal is 
allied to the Opossums; while, on the contrary, it 
difi:ers from those animals in the teeth, and is, 
at the same time, allied in habit or general form 
to the Jerboas: this, indeed, is the case also with 
one species of Opossum, viz. the Didelphis Brunii, 
which may be, therefore, considered as forming 
a kind of connecting link between the Kanguroo 
and the Opossums. 
The general size of the Kanguroo is, at least, 
equal to that of a full-grown sheep: the upper 
parts of the animal are small, while the lower are 
remarkably large in proportion ; yet such is the 
elegance of gradation in this respect, that the 
Kanguroo may justly be considered as one of the 
* These are taken from figures in Mr. Church's most elegant 
publication entitled A Cabiiiet of Quadrupeds. 
