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RAT KANGUROO. 
Macropiis Minor. M. fnscuS) subtics cinereiis, auricvHs rotunda* 
tisj palmis tetradacti/lis. 
Brown Kanguroo, ash-coloured beneath, with roufided ears and 
tetradactylous fore feet. 
Kanguroo Rat. PMllips voyage to Bot. Bay, p. 277. pi. 47. 
The Poto Roo, or Kanguroo Rat, Whites vqy, to New South 
Wales, p, 2Q6.pl. 60. 
Lesser Kanguroo. Bennant Quadr. 2. j9. 32. 
This species, which, from its colour and the 
general aspect of its upper parts, has obtained the 
title of the Kanguroo Rat, is about the size of a 
rabbet : the head is rather flattened sideways, and 
bears some resemblance to that of a rat: the 
^ general shape of the animal resembles that of 
the Kanguroo, but is far less elegant, the pro- 
portions of the parts less pleasing, and the hair, 
which is a dusky cinereous brown, of a coarser 
nature. In its teeth it agrees with the great 
Kanguroo, except that it has eight instead of six 
front teeth in the upper jaw, the two middle 
ones being sharp-pointed: the fore teeth in the 
lower jaw are like those of the Kanguroo as to 
shape and position, but are smaller in propor- 
tion : the grinders are three in number on each 
side both above and below, the foremost being 
fluted or channelled with several longitudinal 
ribs; the two remaining ones plain: the ears are 
rather large, and on each side of the upper lip are 
several long vibrissa? or whiskers. The structure 
of the hind feet in this species perfectly resembles 
