A hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata . e genus are very similar, whilethey present a considerable degree of variation in the structureof their skulls. L BROAD-FACED RAT-KANGAROO. POTOROUS PLATVOPS. Hypsiprym?iusplatyops, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1S44, p. platyops^ Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. ]\Ius., p. 121(iSSS). Characters.—Size very small; naked portion of nose not ex-tending backwards along the top of the muzzle; face veryshort and broad ; fur long, coarse, and straight; hind feet veryshort, long-haired. General colour dark grizzled greyish-brown ; under-parts white or
A hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata . e genus are very similar, whilethey present a considerable degree of variation in the structureof their skulls. L BROAD-FACED RAT-KANGAROO. POTOROUS PLATVOPS. Hypsiprym?iusplatyops, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1S44, p. platyops^ Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. ]\Ius., p. 121(iSSS). Characters.—Size very small; naked portion of nose not ex-tending backwards along the top of the muzzle; face veryshort and broad ; fur long, coarse, and straight; hind feet veryshort, long-haired. General colour dark grizzled greyish-brown ; under-parts white or greyish-white ; back of ears darkbrown ; tail black above, dirty white beneath. Length ofhead and body about 14 inches ; of tail 8 inches. Distribution.—West Australia. n. GILBERTS RAT-KANGAROO. POTOROUS GILBERTL Hypsiprymnus gilberti^ Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1841, p. 14. ?Hypsiprymnus micropus^ Waterhouse, in Jardines Naturalists Library Mamm. vol. xi., p. 180 (1841). ? Poiorous gilberti^ Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 120 (1888).. ^^iifi^ ^:^^m0^ THE RAT-KANGAROOS. g Characters—Size medium ; naked portion of nose extendingbackwards along the top of the muzzle; face long andtrrt:hmd feet long, short-haired. Fur and general coloratLT as LelTfT^ iTl ^ ^^^^ ° black a tipLength of head and body about 15^ inches; of tail 7 inches. Distribution.—South-western Australia. m. COMMON RAT-KANGAROO. POTOROUS TRIDACTYLUS ^^f /n&.O/a, Kerr. Linn. Anim. Kingdom, p. rng(1792.) = > f y J -^^i munna, Cuvier, Table Element., p. ia6 (1798). Ifyp^^>7mnus nmrinus, Goldfuss, Handb. Zool., p 447 il (1820). ^ ^^ \ Hytsitry,n, apicaUs, Gould, Mamm. Austral., pi. Ixviii \Potorous rufus, Higgins and Petterd, Proc. Roy. Soc Tas-1 mama, 1883, p. iSi. ^ ^ \ Potorous^Mdactylus, Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 1,7 I {Plate VIII.) ?chatrrrLT^P ^^^.V-g- o^ -edium; other externalCharacters as m P. gdberti, but the naked portion of the rather further upwards on the muzzle
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