. Principles of economic zoo?logy. Zoology, Economic. MAMMALIA 323 inches, not including the tail. M. gigantius is reported by Sir Joseph Banks as good for food. It is said that a large kangaroo in rapid flight leaps 20 to 30 feet at a bound. The female will weigh 120 pounds, some old males weigh 200 pounds. The smaller species of kangaroos furnish the most fur and leather and the best venison. About 350,000 are sold in London annually. Rock wallabies (genus Pelrog'ale) have a shorter claw on the hind foot and a more slender tail, which is thickly covered with hair and never used in locomotion
. Principles of economic zoo?logy. Zoology, Economic. MAMMALIA 323 inches, not including the tail. M. gigantius is reported by Sir Joseph Banks as good for food. It is said that a large kangaroo in rapid flight leaps 20 to 30 feet at a bound. The female will weigh 120 pounds, some old males weigh 200 pounds. The smaller species of kangaroos furnish the most fur and leather and the best venison. About 350,000 are sold in London annually. Rock wallabies (genus Pelrog'ale) have a shorter claw on the hind foot and a more slender tail, which is thickly covered with hair and never used in locomotion (Fig. 264). The tail is used as a, balancer, as they leap from. £61- Fig -Petrogale xanthopus. The rock wallaby, with young in pouch. (After Vogt and Specht.) rock to rock. They are found in Australia only. The nocturnal genus (Bettongia) and others have sometimes been inaccurately called " rat ; The four species are subterranean, with prehensile tails, with which they carry their food, grass, roots, and leaves. One species burrows to a depth of 10 feet. It is found in Tasmania and Australia. Order III. Edenta'ta.—The five families of this order are arboreal, terrestrial, or subterranean, with clawed limbs. They. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Daugherty, Lewis Sylvester, 1857-; Daugherty, L. S. , Mrs. , 1859-. Philadelphia, London, W. B. Saunders
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