PARMA KANGAROO. 
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the body each hair of the fur has the basal half prey, and the 
external half whitish, but tinted with rust colour; on the 
throat and fore part of the chest, however, the hairs uro 
uniform white. The back of the neck and shoulders, ns well 
as the fore legs, are brownish rust colour, and there is a 
narrowish longitudinal black mark, which extends from near 
the occiput along the back of the neck. The head is ashy 
grey, tinted with rufous, and finely tinted with whitish ; the 
pale check-mark is indistinct; the chin brownish ; the back 
of the cars arc clothed with hairs like those of the bend ; on 
the inner side there arc scarcely any hairs; the few which are 
seen ore whitish. The feet are brown, finely pencilled behind 
with Ten* pale brown. The tail is very sparingly clothed, 
and, excepting at the base, the scales are distinct: on the 
upper surface the small, stiff, scattered hairs arc black; quite 
at the root, the tail is clothed with hairs like those of the body; 
on the under side the hairs are more numerous, and of a 
dirty white colour. The foremost and hindermost incisor 
teeth arc about equal in width; the middle incisor is but little 
more than half the width of the other two; the posterior 
incisor has an indistinct notch on the hinder third part. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail ... 
41 of tail * . 
** of tarsus ... ... . 
“ of ear ... ... 
** from tip of nose to ear . 
“ of fore-arm, including the hands 
26 0 
19 0 
6 3 
2 1 
4 * 1 
and claws 
5 
3 
