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The skull resembles the skull of a Hare-kangaroo ( Lagorchestes ) ; it narrows suddenly in front of the zygoma, 
is deep vertically, furnished with a slender canine, and has the first upper incisor large and strong, exactly as the 
Lagorchestes leporoides. West Australia is the habitat of this Wallaby. 
Agile Kangaroo ( Halmaturus agi/is). 
A Queensland species, of a sandy colour. 
This concludes the list of the larger Brush Kangaroos or Wallabies up to 50 lbs. weight. The following species 
are much smaller. 
BRUSH KANGAROOS— (GENUS HALMATURUS) — up to 30 lbs. weight. 
LI. Greyi. South Australia. 
„ Derbianus. South Australia. 
„ Hautmanni. Hautmann’s Abrolhos, West Australia. 
PADEMELONS, OR SMALL KANGAROOS— (GENUS HALMATURUS)— from 10 to 13 lbs. weight. 
H. parma. East coast of New South Wales. 
„ dama. West Australia. 
„ thetides. Coast districts of New South Wales. 
„ billardieri. South coast districts and Tasmania. 
„ stigmaticus. North-east coast. 
„ brachyurus. West Australia. 
„ wilcoxi. Clarence District and Southern Queensland. 
These animals inhabit the mountain districts near the coast, and are seldom if ever found on the plains of 
the interior. 
ROCK-WALLABIES, OR ROCK-KANGAROOS— (GENUS PETROGALEA) — with long pliable tail not incrassated at the 
base, inhabiting mountain districts on the southern, eastern, and western coast line. ( Weight of animal up to 30 lbs.) 
Petrogalea. penicillata. Eastern parts of New South Wales. 
„ inornata. Eastern parts of New South Wales. 
„ xanthopus. South Australia. 
„ brachyotis. West and north-west coast. 
„ lateralis. West and north-west coast. 
„ concinna. West and north-west coast. 
STRONG-ARMED KANGAROOS, OR TREE-KANGAROOS— (GENUS DENDROLAGUS.) 
D. ursinus. New Guinea. 
„ inustus. New Guinea. 
These animals ascend trees, and are distinguished by their powerful fore-limbs and long pliable tail, which 
resembles that of the Rock-wallabies. A third species (Dorcopsis bruni) also inhabits New Guinea, but is terrestrial, though 
the fore-legs are more strongly developed than is usual in Kangaroos. The weight of these animals we should judge to 
be about 30 lbs. The D. bruni was the first Kangaroo ever discovered — many years before Cook’s voyages. 
SILKY-HAIRED, OR NAIL-TAIL KANGAROOS— (GENUS ONYCHOGALEA.) 
O. unguifer. North-eastern parts of Australia. 
„ fraenata. Plains of the interior of New South Wales and Victoria. 
„ lunata. Plains of the interior of South and West Australia. 
This group comprises the small silky-haired Wallabies or Kangaroos of the interior: they weigh seldom more 
than 8 or 10 lbs., and are about the size of a common hare. Their light-grey fur is of a peculiar softness, and the 
tail has a bare nail-like tip. This genus and the following genera possess more or less developed canine teeth. 
HARE KANGAROOS— (GENUS LAGORCHESTES.) 
L. fasciatus. West Australia. 
„ hirsutus. West Australia. 
„ conspicillatus. West Australia. 
„ leporoides. Plains of New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria. 
„ leichhardti. North-east coast and Victoria. 
