MACROPODID/E. 
84 
Length from nose to root of tail 
Inches. Lines. 
... 19 G 
44 of tail 
... 12 
0 
44 of tarsus 
... 5 
7 
44 from nose to ear ... 
... 3 
5 
44 of ear ... 
... 2 
2 
44 from elbow to end of nails, about 
... 3 
4 
44 of skull 
... 3 
2 
Width. 
1 
10 
Length of nasal bones . 
1 
24 
Width at base ... 
... 0 
7 
44 near apex 
... 0 
34 
Length of frontals . 
1 
1 
Interorbital space ... 
0 
8 
Length of palate ... .... 
1 
84 
44 of three incisors ... .. 0 
41 from incisors to molar ... ... 0 
44 of premolar and three molars, taken together 0 
Height of lower jaw ... ... 1 
Width from back of condyle to front of coronoid 
process 
4 
S* 
10 
H 
The following observations relating to the Hare-Kangaroo 
are from Mr. Gould : — 
“ Tliis singular little Kangaroo, which I have made the 
type of a genus, ranges widely over the interior; it is tolerably 
abundant in all the plains of South Australia, particularly 
those situated between the Belts of the Murray and the 
mountain ranges: I also hunted it successfully on the Lower 
Narnoi ; and skins were presented to me by the Messrs. 
Coxen, who, I believe., had obtained them on the Liverpool 
plains. Judging from what information I could gather 
respecting it, I believe it to be peculiar to the interior, and 
never to frequent that portion of New South Wales which 
lies between the ranges and the coast. * * *. 
“ The name of Hare-Kangaroo has been given to tliis 
species as much from the similarity of its form, its size, and 
the colour and texture of its fur, as from its habits assimi¬ 
lating in many particulars to those of the hare. I usually 
found it solitary, and sitting close, in a well-formed seat, 
