. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. 4H1. THE TASMANIAN Tkr l(ir<:ro-earo(l, wodlly-fumMl litdc iininifil \vlii<li here represonted, is closoly nlli(,,| to tlic l)iiii(lico(»ts, liitt ill (nicc (listiiii^ tlicm tli(( |H'ciiliiirity of .stnicfur, which lias wmuid lor it tlic j,'('iicric titk' of ('luiTopus, or " .swinc-rootcd," ' Upon the loiv-fiu't theiv aro only two toiis, which iiro of f(iiml Iciiytii, and armod with sharp and powerful hoof-liku claws, tliut hoar no small r
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Mammals; Natural history; Mammifères; Sciences naturelles. 4H1. THE TASMANIAN Tkr l(ir<:ro-earo(l, wodlly-fumMl litdc iininifil \vlii<li here represonted, is closoly nlli(,,| to tlic l)iiii(lico(»ts, liitt ill (nicc (listiiii^ tlicm tli(( |H'ciiliiirity of .stnicfur, which lias wmuid lor it tlic j,'('iicric titk' of ('luiTopus, or " .swinc-rootcd," ' Upon the loiv-fiu't theiv aro only two toiis, which iiro of f(iiml Iciiytii, and armod with sharp and powerful hoof-liku claws, tliut hoar no small r('Hi"nd)lanc<i to'tlic f(Mjt of a i) .„|,| ar(! not oidy porcine in their external aspects, hut in tlu! track which they leave up,m'tli,. ^n•()^lnd when the crenture walks on soft soil. Slenderly and gracefully swinish, it is tnic but still piggish in appearance! not in charact(!r. The CH.'Eiiorurt was formerly <lc,sifr. nated I)y the specific title of ecaiidatiis, u\- tailless, because the lirst specimen t'lint had been captured was devoid of caiulnl appenda,t;c, and therefore! its diseovcivis naturally concluded that all its kindred were o(|ually curtailed of their fair pro- l)ortions. Ihit as new specimens canif before the notice of the /o(do<,'i(.'al Wdvld, it was found tluit tla; Cliaro])us was rjiflitly possessed of a nioilerately long and sonie- what rat-like tail, and that the taillessuess ctf the original specimen was only the result of accident to the individual, ami not tlie normal condition of the sjiecifs. The size of the riuero])us is about e(iual to that of a small rabl)it, aiul the suit, woolly fur is nuich of the same colour as that of the connuon wild rabbit. It is an inhabitant of N"ew Soutli Wales, and was (h'st discovered by Sir Thomas i\[itcliell (m the baidvs of the ]Murray Eiver, equally to the astonishini'iit of Avhite men and natives, the latter dc- claring that they had never before socii such a creatui'e. The speed
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