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MACBOPODI DJE. 
MACROPUS ( Halmaturus ) DORSALIS. 
Black-striped Kangaroo. 
Halmaturus dorsalis. 
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Macropus ( Halmaturus) dorsalis. 
Gray, Magazine of Natural History, for 
November, 1837, Vol. i. (New Series), 
p 583. 
Gould, Monograph, Pt. 1, PI. 8. 
Waterhouse. Naturalists' Library, Mar- 
supialia, p. 230. 
Fur moderate; general colour brownish grey ; neck and shoulders 
rusty red ; tinder parts of the body white ; fore and hind feet 
with the toes brown-black ; tarsi whitish behind ; tail grey 
above : a distinct black mark, commencing rather low down 
on the back of the neck, extends about half way along the 
back. 
Inhabits New South Wales. 
The M. dorsalis is considerably larger than the M. Dcr- 
bianus, which also lias the black dorsal stripe ; in this latter 
animal the stripe in question is almost confined to the neck, 
whilst in M. dorsalis (where it is more distinct), it is chiefly 
confined to the back ; the under parts of the body are pure 
white in the present species, or very nearly so, whilst in 
M. Derbianus they are of a dirty greyish white, and not 
unfrcquently somewhat suffused with reddish. The subjoined 
description is taken from the original specimen described by 
Mr. Gray, which is in the collection of the Zoological Society. 
Specimens brought home by Mr. Gould may now be seen in 
the National Collection. 
The fur is of moderate length, and somewhat harsh to the 
touch; its predominant hue brownisli grey, indistinctly 
suffused with rufous; the occiput, back of neck, shoulders, 
and fore legs, oro of bright rusty red colour; the cliiu, 
throat, and the whole of the under parts of the body, are 
