170 
MACROPOD ID/B. 
Ill leaping and perching itself, the tail evidently assisted in 
balancing the body ; on the other hand, owing to its want 
of strength at the root, it was of but little assistance in sup¬ 
porting the body, and in slow progression, as compared with 
the same organ in the typical Kangaroos. 
The animal under consideration is subject to some variation 
in its colouring; sometimes there is only a small white spot 
on the chest; the tail and feet are brownish, and the abdomen 
of a pale dirty yellow colour. The tail is generally brownish 
beneath, excepting at the apex, and often has the under 
surface at the root of a bright fulvous colour. The sides of 
the body present scarcely a trace, in some individuals, of the 
dusky hue, excepting near the fore leg; and just above this 
axillary patch is a whitish mark, more or less distinct. The 
tarsi are usually paler behind than in front. 
1 
Female. 
Female. 
Male. 
Length from nose to root of tail 
I nclics. Lines. 
24 0 
Inches. Lines. 
25 0 
Inches. Line*. 
28 G 
44 of tail (without including the 
hair, which is sometimes 
three inches long at the 
t'P). 
21 
0 
18 
0 
24 
0 
“ of tarsus and claws . . . 
5 
G 
5 
8 
G 
10 
44 from nose to ear .... 
4 
4 
3 
11 
4 
G 
44 of ear. 
2 2 
2 
0 
2 9 
“ of fore arm, hands, and claws, 
about . 
4 
9 
4 
9 
5 
0 
The above dimensions have been taken from specimens in 
the museum of the Zoological Society and in the British 
Museum. Those in the second column are from a female in 
the latter collection, and were taken with a view to afford a 
comparison with a female (apparently adult) of the M. 
lateralis. 
