KANGAROO. 
iHE Kangaroo was first discovered by ouf 
British navigators on the western side of New 
Holland, and is yet unknown in any other* 
part of the worlds Pennant, who clashes it 
with the Opossums, calls it a Gerboid Kan- 
garu: and, indeed, most naturalists seem> in- 
clined to consider it as a species cf the Jerboa. 
Zimmerman, in particular, calls it the Jerboa 
Glgantea, or Gigantic Jerboa, 
It has a small head, neck, and shoulders ; 
and the body regularly increases in thickness 
to the rump, from whence it again tapers to 
the tail. The head is oblong, and formed like 
liiat of a fawn ; the upper lip being divided. 
The nostrils are wide and open, and the lower 
jaw is somewhat shorter than the upper. 
The pupil of the eyes is of a blueish black, 
and the iridcs are dusky. The .ears, which 
are four inches long, are ere6l, oblongly 
ovated, rounded and thin at the ends, and co- 
vered with short hairs. 
