THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE KANGAROO. 
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The kangaroo (PL CXXYIII. fig. 1) is a quadruped, with 
very long hind limbs and a long and rather thick tail. Its head 
possesses rather a long muzzle, somewhat like that of a deer, 
with a pair of rather long ears. Each fore-paw has five toes, 
furnished with claws. Each hind limb has but two large and 
Fig. 1. 
Skeleton of Kangaroo ( Macropus ). 
a, Marsupial bones. 
conspicuous toes, the inner one of which is much the larger, 
and bears a very long and strong claw (PI. CXXYIII. fig. 2). 
On the inner side of this is what appears to be a very minute 
toe, furnished with two small claws. An examination of the 
bones of the foot shows us, however, that it really consists of 
two very slender toes united together in a common fold of skin. 
These toes answer to the second and third toes of our own foot, 
