A hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata . tially terrestrial animals,it is somewhat surprising to find certain members of the familyadapted for an arboreal life. Nevertheless, four species, ofwhich three are from New Guinea, while the fourth is an in-habitant of North Queensland, are dwellers in trees, whichthey climb with facility. Whether the relatively large size ofthe fore limbs is a feature which has been re-acquired, or whetherit is a primitive feature, is a question that does not very readilyadmit of an answer ; but the close correspondence in the struc-ture of the feet to those
A hand-book to the marsupialia and monotremata . tially terrestrial animals,it is somewhat surprising to find certain members of the familyadapted for an arboreal life. Nevertheless, four species, ofwhich three are from New Guinea, while the fourth is an in-habitant of North Queensland, are dwellers in trees, whichthey climb with facility. Whether the relatively large size ofthe fore limbs is a feature which has been re-acquired, or whetherit is a primitive feature, is a question that does not very readilyadmit of an answer ; but the close correspondence in the struc-ture of the feet to those of the more typical members of thefamily would rather seem to be in favour of regarding therelative equality of the limbs as an acquired feature. L QUEENSLAND TREE-KANGAROO. DENDROLAGUS LUMHOLTZL Dendrolagus lumholtziy CoWtii, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1884, p. 387 ;Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 96 (1888). (Plate VII.) Characters.—Form stout; fur long and rather coarse, reversedfrom withers to crown of head. General colour pale, finely PLATE VII. QUEENSLAND TREE-KANGAROO THE TREE-KANGAROOS. 59 grizzled grey; chin black; chest white; flanks and rest ofunder-parts pale yellowish-white ; face black, with a paler bandacross the forehead; ears with short and coarse hairs, blackexternally, yellow internally. Fore legs to wrist, and hind legsto ankle, pale yellow; wrists and ankles darker; toes black;tail mingled black and pale yellow, the upper surface paleithan the lower, but with a darker patch near the root. Lengthof head and body about 26 inches ; of tail about the same. Distribution.—Northern Central Queensland, in the neigh-oourhood of the Herbert river. Habits.—The following account of the habits of this speciesis taken from that given by Dr. Carl Lumholtz, who derivedmost of his information from native sources; it will probablyserve for those of the genus generally. The Bungary, as thisKangaroo is termed by the natives, although apparently farfrom uncommon in the scrub-cla
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