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Title: A hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915
Subjects: Marsupials Monotremes
Publisher: London : E. Lloyd
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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central hind toe relatively short. Length of head andbody about 32 inches ; that of tail 24 inches. Distribution.—Interior of Queensland and New South Wales. XL parrys wallaby, macropus parryl Macropus parryi, Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1834, p. 151; Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 39 (188S).Halmaturus parryi, Gray, Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. i., p. 583 (1837). (Plate IV.) Cliaracters.—Size medium ; form slender and graceful; fur ,soft and almost woolly ; general colour of upper-parts cleargrey, with a bluish tinge; chin, chest, under-parts, and innersides of Umbs greyish-white ; face-markings distinct; two dark whisker-marks; cheek-stripe pure white, extending backwardsto beneath the eye ; a white stripe in the middle of the upperhalf of the neck, bordered on each side by a darker line; earslong, with the basal half and extreme tip of the outer side brown,the rest, like the inside, white; limbs, with the toes, nearly orquite black ; tail very long, pale grey, with an inconspicuous
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m< CO Pi KANGAROOS AND WALLABIES. 3I black or grey crest below the tip. Length of head and bodyabout 37 inches; that of tail 32 inches. Distril)ution.—Mountain-ranges of New South Wales andQueensland. HaMts.—Especially characterised by its slender build andvery long tail, this appears to be a common species in theregions it frequents. The first known specimen was broughthome by Sir E. Parry, and was obtained near Port Stephens.It was captured by some natives, having been thrown out of itsmothers pouch when the latter was hunted. At that time itwas somewhat less than a rabbit in size, and until its embarka-tion for England was allowed to run at liberty. It lived in thekitchen of its owner, and ran about the house and grounds likea dog, going out every night after dark into the bush to feed,and returning to its friend the cook about two oclock in themorning. Besides the food which it obtained during these noc-turnal excursions, the creature would eat meat, bread, andvegetables, a

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