. Catalogue of Australian mammals, with introductory notes on general mammalogy. Mammals -- Australia. PETROGALE. 49 2. PETROGALE INORNATA, Gould (1842). Plain-colored Rock-Wallaby. Size medium. General color above sandy-gray ; below sandy- white. Face markings indistinct. Ears sandy-gray. A dusky red patch behind the elbow. No shoulder or flank markings. Basal half and greater part of the sides of the tail sandy-brown, the remainder black. Dimensions.—Head and body about twenty-three inches ; tail about twelve inches. Habitat.—North coast of Australia. References.—Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 70 ;
. Catalogue of Australian mammals, with introductory notes on general mammalogy. Mammals -- Australia. PETROGALE. 49 2. PETROGALE INORNATA, Gould (1842). Plain-colored Rock-Wallaby. Size medium. General color above sandy-gray ; below sandy- white. Face markings indistinct. Ears sandy-gray. A dusky red patch behind the elbow. No shoulder or flank markings. Basal half and greater part of the sides of the tail sandy-brown, the remainder black. Dimensions.—Head and body about twenty-three inches ; tail about twelve inches. Habitat.—North coast of Australia. References.—Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 70 ; Gould, Mamm. Austr. ii. pis. xlv., xlvi. 3. PETROGALE BRACHYOTIS, Gould (1840). Short-eared Rock-Wallaby. Size medium; form light and slender. Fur short and thin. General color above grayish-fawn, below grayish-white. Face markings almost obsolete. Ears very short, their backs fawn- gray, their edges and extreme tips white. Body markings present but not prominent; a dark brown blotch behind the elbow, suc- ceeded by a whitish band. Limbs pale gray. Tail gray above, whitish below ; the terminal fourth below tufted with longer dark ' O brown hairs. Dimensions.—Head and body about twenty-two inches ; tail about sixteen inches. Habitat.—North-west coast of Australia. References.—Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 69, pi. xii. fig. 2 (upper mem of skull); Gould, Mamm. Austr. ii. pi. xlvii. 4. PETROGALE LATERALIS, Gould (1842). West Australian Rock-Wallaby. Size medium ; form slender and light. Fur long, soft, close, of a rather woolly texture. General color above light gray, below yellowish-gray. A well defined dark whisker-mark with a whitish or yellowish cheek-stripe below. A narrow black or browu stripe from the occiput to the centre of the back. Ears short, the inside, base and extreme tip of outside yellow, the rest brown. A prominent black or brown mark behind the elbow, succeeded by a white stripe running down to the hip. Front of knee brown, connected by a brown band to sh
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