A hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata / by Richard Lydekker.

  • Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915.
Date:
1896
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Credit: A hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata / by Richard Lydekker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE IIARE-WALLABIES. GENUS LAGORCIIESTES. Lagorchestes, Gould, Monogr. Macropodidas, pi. xii. (1841). Nose wholly or partially haired; central hind claw long and strong, not concealed by the hair; tail rather short, evenly haired throughout, and without a terminal nail. The three species of this group are confined to Australia, exclusive of Tasmania. I. SPECTACLED IIARE-WALLABY. LAGORCHESTES CONSPICIL- LATUS. Lagorchestes conspicillatus^ Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1841, p. 82 ; Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 80 (1888). Halmaturus conspicillatus, Schinz, Synops. Mamm., vol. i., p. 563 (1844). Macropus (Lagorchestes) conspicillatus, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm., vol. i., p. 85 (1846). Characters.—Size relatively large, and form thick and heavy; nose, with lower half of septum and edges of nostrils, hairy; muzzle broad and heavy; fur long and coarse; under-fur of back uniform blackish-brown. General colour coarsely grizzled yellowish-grey; under-parts mingled white and slaty-grey; a well-defined chestnut band round the eye, not extending forwards on the side of the muzzle; ears short, less than one- third the length of the hind foot, grizzled grey on the back, with the edges and inside nearly white; two whitish lateral bands ; limbs grey, tinged with rufous ; tail covered above and on the sides with scattered white hairs, except at the root, where they are grey ; beneath more thickly haired, and tinged with fawn. Canine teeth well-developed and functional. Length of head and body about 20 inches; of tail 17 inches. Other characters as in next species. Distribution.—Islands off the North west coast of Australia ;