RAT* KANGAROO. 
22 r> 
pencilled with black, and less so with pale brownish yellow ; 
under parts dirty yellowish white; feet dark brown ; tail 
sparingly clothed with short stiff lmirs, which do not hide the 
scaly skin beneath ; the hairs black, excepting at the extreme 
point, where they are white. Skull, PI. 8, fig. .3. 
Inhabits New South Wales. Specimen in the British Museum. 
The Hypsiprymnus minor , or marinas, is readily distin¬ 
guished from others of tho present group, described in the 
preceding pnges, by its elongated head and short tarsus, to 
which may be added, its rat-like tail, which being furnished 
with short still* lniirs, and these not very abundant, the scaly 
skin beneath is but partially hidden. Its form, moreover, is 
less slender than usual, and its fur is long, and of a dark hue ; 
on the upper parts of the body it may be described as dusky 
brown, a general tint produced by the admixture of black and 
pale brownish yellow, the visible portion of the longer and 
coarser hairs being black, and that of the shorter fur being 
chiefly of n pale yellow hue: the under parts of the bodv arc 
of a dirty yellowish white tint, but the fur covering these parts, 
as well n9 that of the back, is of a deepish grev colour next 
the skin. The ears are short and rounded, clothed internally 
with dirty white hairs, and on the outer side with hairs of the 
same colour as those of the head ; the feet are brown. The 
muffle is not only naked in front, but a narrow naked space is 
continued backwards for about a quarter of an inch on the 
upper surface of the muzzle. 
From X. S. Wales. 
fkmalk. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from tip of nose to root of tail 
15 6 
9 3 
3 7 
1 1 
“ of tml 
tl from nose to ear, about . 
41 of ear . 
“ of tarsus, including the nail of the 
middle toe 
3 
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