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MACRO PODID^E. 
specimen still preserved in the College of Surgeons’ Museum 1 2 . 
The “ Potoroo ” of the French naturalists was found by M. 
Gaimard in the neighbourhood of Port Jackson, and formed 
part of the collection added to the Paris Museum by Frey- 
cinet’s voyage. It was first described in 1822, by Desmarest, 
under the name Kan gurus Gaimardi , and in 1821 received 
the specific names Lepturus and Wliitei by Messrs. Quoy and 
Gaimard. The specimen from which these authors drew up 
their accounts is likewise the original of the above descrip- 
Its dimensions are as follows:— 
Lines. 
Inches. 
Length from nose to root of tail 
13 
C 
“ “ to ear ... . 
2 
91 
Length of tail 
13 
0 
44 of tarsus, to base of claws 
14 of fore-arm and hand to base of 
4 
1 
claws about ... . 
3 
2 
“ of ear ... ... . 
1 
0 
I feel no doubt that this is the same species as the Hypsi- 
prymnus Phillippi of Mr. Ogilby, the original specimens of 
which tire contained in the Museum of the Linnean Society, 
and are from New South Wales. They present the following 
characters : — 
About the size of a rabbit : the tail is long, and the tarsi 
long and slender ; the ears of moderate size, and rounded 
form. Fur long, and moderately soft ; general tint grey- 
brown, slightly washed with rusty yellow ; under parts grey- 
white, very faintly tinted with yellow ; feet very pale brown; 
ears well clothed with fur, externally of the same colour as 
1 See the account of Hypsiprymnws minor vel tnurinus. 
2 On the under side of the stand of this specimen I found written “ Potoroo 
White; Uypaiprymnus White, Quoy and Gaimard ; Macropus minor, Shsw; 
Kangaroo-ltat, Phillip's Voyage; Potoroo Rat, Desmarest; and Kangaroo 
de Gaimard." 
