184 
MACROPODID/E. 
Inches. Lines. 
Width of interorbital space ... 
Length of palate 
0 11 
2 9 
41 of three incisor teeth, of either side 
of upper jaw, taken together ... 
11 from incisors to canine 
0 4 
0 5 
0 1 
0 8 
0 6 $ 
1 04 
0 9 
0 6 £ 
“ of canine 
44 from canine to molars 
44 of premolar 
44 of the four true molars 
Width of palate between the foremost molars 
Length of posterior palatine openings about 
Genus, Dendrolagm 1 2 * * . 
Dendrolagus . Muller, Verhandelingen over de Nateurlijke geschiedenis der 
Nederlandische overzeesche bezittingen. 
Kangaroos with the anterior extremities large and powerful, being 
but little inferior in size to the posterior extremities; the claws 
of the fore feet very large, curved, and pointed; those of the 
two principal toes of the hind feet, somewhat compressed, 
and curved; the hind foot, tibia, and femur, nearly equal in 
length : muffle clothed with small hairs as far forwards as 
the anterior angles of the nostrils : tail long, cylindrical, and 
somewhat bushy. Skull w ith the interorbital space broad; 
the nasal hones short, contracted in the middle, and expanded 
at both extremities; the zygomatic arch but little prominent, 
and with but a small vertical diameter; the palate almost 
destitute of posterior openings; the lower jaw with the 
angle but little raised ; the three upper incisor teeth of nearly 
equal size, and the hindermost of these teeth apparently 
without any external vertical groove; the premolar large; 
a canine tooth present in the upper jaw, but of small size 5 . 
1 From Sevfyov, Q tree; and \ayos. a hare. 
2 The characters derived from the skull and dentition are gleaned from the 
drawings given in the great Dutch work upon the productions of the Islands 
of the Indian Archipelago, above quoted ; the author has not had an opportunity 
of examining the skulls themselves. 
