OSPHRANTER ANTILOPINUS, Gowa. 
Red Wallaroo. 
Spec. Char.—Mas. Osph. vellere vivido. adny ‘ MERC , E i 
p 4 1 vido, adpresso s colore Serruginoso, apud faciem et humeros pallidiore ; corpore sublus 
albo. 
Fam. Eelere minis vivido et mavis Cai 7 
faciem vinaceo-einereo ; nota flavescenti-fulva ante aures, et alterà pallidiore per labrum ductá. 
Descr.—Maux. Fur of the body rigid and adpressed; general colour rusty red, becoming paler on the face and 
shoulders, and white or yellowish white on the throat, chest, abdomen and inside of the limbs ; hands and feet 
dark reddish brown, passing into black on the toes ; tip of the tail reddish brown. 
Femare. Fur less rigid and more loose than in the male; general colour reddish sandy brown, passing into vinous 
grey on the shoulders, back of the neck and face; base of the car externally dark brownish grey, passing into 
yellowish white towards the tips; immediately in front of the ear a conspicuous patch of yellowish buff; a light 
buff mark also extends from beneath the eye along the upper lip; throat, chest, abdomen and inside of the limbs 
pale yellowish white; hands and feet dark brown, becoming black towards the nails. 
Male. Female. 
feet. inches. feet. inches. 
Length from the nose to the extremity of the tail ۱ 7 LR کے‎ 0 
A Ze T 0 e DE beh Aë 8 
» 5, tarsus and toes, including the nail. . . . 1 1 11 
» 3, arm and hand, including + nails . . . . . . 1 2 11 
»  » face from the tip of the nose to the base of the ear C 6 
0,4 88. | : d3 GEI 
Osphranter Antilopinus, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., Part IX, p. 80. 
Mar-ra-a-woke of the Aborigines of Port Essington. 
From the period at which Australia was first visited by our enterprising navigators to the present time, our know- 
ledge of its natural productions has been almost entirely confined to those of the narrow and limited tract of land 
bordering its eastern and southern shores; and it may fairly be said, that the whole of the zoology of the vast range of 
country washed by the seas of Torres’ Straits is as much or more unknown than that of any similar extent of country in 
the world ; and in exemplification of what I have here asserted of our ignorance of the productions of that region, I may 
mention that the noble Kangaroo here figured is only one of many new and interesting animals I have lately received 
from these parts. It is very abundant on the Cobourg Peninsula, and I have no doubt that, when the country towards 
the interior from these parts is explored, it will there be found in great numbers, particularly on the hally ground, and 
that it possesses an extensive range, assimilating very closely in habits and economy to the great Black Wallaroo 
(Osphranter robustus), its remarkable analogue of the southern and eastern coasts. 
Two very fine specimens, from which my figures and dimensions are taken, were collected by Mr. Gilbert while at 
Port Essington, and these in all probability are the only perfect specimens in Europe: the weight of the male was 
about one hundred and twenty pounds. Captain Chambers, however, late of H.M.S. Pelorus, has placed at my disposal, 
for the purpose of comparison, &e., several imperfect skins of this species, which clearly indicate that the animal 
frequently attains a much larger size ; and that gentleman also assured me that he has himself seen examples weighing 
one hundred and seventy pounds; few species therefore exceed it in size, and certainly, with the exception of Macropus 
laniger, none in the richness of its colour and markings. Captain Chambers further informed me, that when hardly 
pressed in the chase it becomes exceedingly fierce and bold, and while among the rocks a most dangerous anımal to 
encounter, one of his finest dogs being tumbled over a precipice and killed by an old male ; in this fierceness of 
disposition it exhibits a striking resemblance to the Black Wallaroo ; they also closely assimilate in the diminntive 
size of their females. 
