N E W S O U T H W A L E S. ■ 14- 
This fpecimen is a male. The fur is long, but clofe ^^^.^ 
and thick ; of a mixed brown or greyiih colour on the ' — '•^^'^ 
back, under the belly and neck, of a yellowidi white. 
Its length is about eighteen inches, exclufive of the tail, 
which is twelve inches long, and prehenfile. The 
face is three inches in length, broad above and very 
pointed at the muzzle, which is furniflied with long 
whiflcers. The eyes are very large, but not fierce. On 
the fore feet are five claws ; on the hind, three and a 
thumb. The teeth are two in the front of the upper 
jaw, and two in the lower ; the upper proie6ting beyond 
the under. In the Kangooroo it is remarkable that there 
are four teeth in the upper jaw, oppofed to two in the 
under. The tefticles are contained in a pendulous fcro- 
tum, betv/een the two thighs of the hind legs, as in 
the common opofflim. The affinity of almoft all the 
quadrupeds yet difcovered on this coaR to the opoffum 
kind, in the circumflance of the pouch in which the 
female receives and fuckles her young, feems to open a 
field of invefligation molt interefting to the naturalift : 
and the public will doubtlefs learn with pleafure, that 
it is the intention of the moil able comparative anatomifl 
of the age, to give a paper on this fubjedt to the Royal 
Society. It cannot, therefore, be necefiary at prefent to,, 
purfue the enquiry any farther,. 
T U L PINE- 
