. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE TREE KANGAROO. 373 .>**, adapts them admirably for leaping, an exercise in which the Kangaroos, as these creatures are familiarly termed, are pre-eminently excellent. First on the list appears the singular animal which is well represented in the engravino- and which, on account of its peculiar habit, is known by the name of the Tree Kangaroo. In general form, this animal is sufficiently Kangaroo-like to be enrolled at once among the members of that group of Macropods, biit the com
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE TREE KANGAROO. 373 .>**, adapts them admirably for leaping, an exercise in which the Kangaroos, as these creatures are familiarly termed, are pre-eminently excellent. First on the list appears the singular animal which is well represented in the engravino- and which, on account of its peculiar habit, is known by the name of the Tree Kangaroo. In general form, this animal is sufficiently Kangaroo-like to be enrolled at once among the members of that group of Macropods, biit the comparative shortness of the hinder feet and the length of the fore-feet, together with some peculiarity in the dentition, have induced the later zoologists to place it in a separate genus from the true Kangaroo. The fur of the Tree Kangaroo is so remarkably dark that its deep tinting serves as an infallible mark of distinction, by means of which it may be recognized even at some distance. It is on account of the dark, glossy blackness of the fur, that the creature is called ursinus, or bear-like, as the hairs of its fur are thought to bear some resemblance to those which form the coat of the American black bear. The coloring of its fur is generally as follows : the whole of the back and the upper parts of the body are a deep, glossy black, the hairs being rather coarser, and running to some length. These hairs are only of one kind, for in the fur of the Tree Kangaroo there is none of that inner coat of fine, close, woolly hair which is found in the other Kangaroos, and which lies next to the skin. The whole of the fur is, therefore, composed solely of the long and stiff hairs that are usually found to penetrate through the interior covering of woolly fur, and to lie upon its surface. The under parts of the body are of a yel- lowish hue, and the breast is washed with a richer and deeper tint of chestnut. The tail is of the same color as the body, and is of very great length, proba
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