. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 136 MUFFLE OF DENDROLAGUS the latter. Borcopsis is confined to New Guinea, and contains three species, viz. D. muelleri, JD. luctuosa, and D. macleani. D. muelleri has a striking resemblance to Macropus hrunii, with which it has been confounded. Though intermediate between Macropus and Bendrolagus, these Kangaroos are not arboreal. The genus Bendrolagus is remarkable for its un-kangaroo-like habit of living in trees. In accordance with this change of habit is a relative shortening of the hind-limbs, a feature which. Fig. 67.—Tree-Kangaroo. Uendrolagus
. The Cambridge natural history. Zoology. 136 MUFFLE OF DENDROLAGUS the latter. Borcopsis is confined to New Guinea, and contains three species, viz. D. muelleri, JD. luctuosa, and D. macleani. D. muelleri has a striking resemblance to Macropus hrunii, with which it has been confounded. Though intermediate between Macropus and Bendrolagus, these Kangaroos are not arboreal. The genus Bendrolagus is remarkable for its un-kangaroo-like habit of living in trees. In accordance with this change of habit is a relative shortening of the hind-limbs, a feature which. Fig. 67.—Tree-Kangaroo. Uendrolagus hennetti. a ^. begins to be observable in Borcopsis. " The general build," writes Mr. Thomas, " is of the ordinary mammalian proportions, not macropodiform at ; The muffle is not naked for the greater part, though the shortness of the hairs gives that effect. As in Borcop)sis, but not as in Macropus, the bulla tympani is not swollen. There are altogether five species, the fifth, B. lennetti, having been lately described from specimens living in the Zoo- logical Society's Gardens. The anatomy of this genus has been described by Owen for B. inustus} and by myself for B. hennetti. The stomach, which 1 Proc. Zool. ,S'oc. , p. 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 Harmer, S. F. (Sidney Frederic), Sir, 1862- ed; Shipley, A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927. ed. [London, Macmillan and Co. , Limited; New York, The Macmillan Company
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