BETTONGIA RUFESCENS, Gr 
و‎ Jerboa-Kangaroo. | 
Spec. Char. — Bett. sellere aspire; وكا جد و“‎ de Mc dier oho corpore sub cine > 
reo albo, fulvo Gnecis; میڈ سو‎ esterni nigris, interne fulrescenfi-albis. 
Descr.—Fur harsh and eirs geveral colour grimled-grey and rufous, the latter predominating on the back ; ears black 
exterusily and had Gite internally; ander surface greyish. white slightly tinged with buff; tail strongly pre- 
hensile, come ith sheet wiry grindy-grey hairs, becoming whiter towards the tip, where they are much | 
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und be dark greyish Jegen, 
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Lengt from the nose to the extremity of the tait ۱3 A AT 
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ice „ arm and hand, including the nalis 2 + (5 wa s 3 
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Bettongia rufescens, hey es Mag. Fl: Hoc, vit ٥ ۱ 
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are thinly covered with scrub and grasses, li appears th be almost universally dispersed oeer the face of the country, 
fenes the const to the ranges; È also obtálsed a-single caample ov the borders of the Namoi, but T have never seen it in 
سعنصطابہ‎ frum any other of the Australian colonies, mud Î believe Ñ to he confined to the southern and eastern portions — 
dite minen, bh is a robust little animal, and ie the خسف‎ of the forefeee and duaa would lead us toinfer, ob — 
tt Ge pester portion of its food by scratching j shallow holes and amal exewrationn, apparently formed for the purpose 
^x جس دهد‎ being abundant in the districts in which it ix fund h constrocts a warm nest of grass in which it . r 
ring tee day, and which is frequently placed ander the shelter of he branch of a fallen tree, or at the‏ ا د 
£e net Sew rar esh. It also sometimes repóses in a seat Bke the HareKangaroo, bat never sits out on the‏ 74 
On being startled it runs for a short distance with remarkable rapidity; but from the‏ موه Ae‏ جا ae‏ 
eg derer in the Mellow Sighs A AS VO ey cul a A e de peg de‏ اد موی نید وا 
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A is equal to that of a full-grown rabbit, the Rufous Jerboa-Kangaroo may be‏ نود داد pesto‏ 
ht tact fair‏ چا AE ie oer stia species of the genus by the wiry character‏ 
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and granita.‏ عم LIS J‏ عيدو È‏ ےج fra‏ 
Sot nee RE WEITER. ore es 三‏ 
