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elbows; on the fore feet and tarsi the hairs are much pen¬ 
cilled with black ; under parts of the body rather paler than 
the sides, which arc of a bright yellowish tint; but here, as 
on the upper parts, the hair is yellowish-brown at the root: 
ear with whitish hairs internally, but somewhat dusky at 
the apical margin, brown-black externally; head uniform in 
colour with the body ; around the angle of the mouth, and 
on the chin, are long black hairs. 
31 ALE. 
Ins. Lines. 
Length from nose to root of tail 57 0 
„ of tail... ... ... 30 0 
,, of tarsus (not including 
the nails) . 12 0 
,, of ear... ... ... 4 4 
Female. 
Ins. Lines. 
13 0 
25 0 
10 G 
4 0 
Inhabits Kangaroo Island ? [From the Paris Museum. 
A male and female of this species form part of the Paris 
collection; and Mr. Gould informs us, there is a third specimen 
in the Museum at Leyden. It is from the former, which are 
the originals of M. Desmarest’s accounts, that the above 
description is taken. 
In Peron's “ Voyage aux Terres Australes" (tom. ii. p. 75), 
mention is made of two large species of Kangaroos as occur¬ 
ring in the I. Deeres (Kangaroo Island), and it is supposed 
that the present animal and the M. rufo-griseus , arc the two 
species referred to; the only grounds, however, for this sup¬ 
position, appear to be, that specimens of M. fuliginosus and 
M. rufo-griseus formed part of the collection brought home 
by Perons expedition. 
In size and general proportions the M. fuliginosu* so 
closely resembles the M. gigatitcus, that I think it will pro¬ 
bably prove to be a variety of that animal. The name Sooty 
Kangaroo is most ill applied to the present animal, since its 
colouring is any thing but sooty, being, for the most part, of 
a brownish-yellow, rather bright on the sides of the body, 
and somewhat sulFused with dusky on the middle of the back. 
Some allowance, however, must he made for the long effects 
