RED-BELLIED KANGAROO. 
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HALMATUROS BELLARDIER1. 
Red-bellied Kangaroo. 
Kangurux Billarditrii, Drsmarbst, Mnmmnlogm, p. 452, fp. 813. 
Macropux (11 aim a turns ) Billardicri. Wat MU l. MnrsupinUa, NaturaUtU' 
Library, p. 227 ; Hulmuturus, id. Gould’* 
Monogr. Part 1. 
“ rufitcnlcr. Ogildy, Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 
February 1838, p. 23 ; and in Annals of Nat. 
Hist, for May 1838, p. 220. 
Halma turn* (Thy log ale) Tavnanei. Guay, Annals of Nat. Hist, for April 
1838, p. 103. 
11 brachylartus. Wagner, Schreb. Saug. No. 111-112, p. 121 • 
November 30, 1842. 
Ears short and rounded ; fur long and rather soft; upper parts 
of head and body deep brown ; under parts cbidly of a rusty 
red, and sometimes yellowish tint; lip3 and chin yellowish ; 
feet brown ; toes dark brown; tail moderately long, with 
short and harsh hairs, brown above, dirty yellowish beneath, 
and somewhat suffused with the same tint at the sides; 
height, about 18 or 20 inches. 
Inhabits Van Diemen’s Land. 
The Red-bellied Kangaroo is readily distinguished from 
other small species of its group by its short ears, long dark- 
coloured fur, and the rufous and sometimes yellow tint of the 
under ports of the body. It appears to be confined to Vim 
Diemen’s Land and some of the islands in Bass’s Straits. 
Mr. Gould regards this animal as strictly a gregarious one; 
hundreds, lie observes, genendly inhabiting the same localities. 
It frequents gullies, and the more dense and humid parts of 
the forest, particularly those that are covered with rank liigh 
grass, through which it forms numerous well-beaten tracks. 
From these coverts it seldom emerges, and never even ap- 
