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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 6

Onychogalea

Onychogalea.

O. unguifer. North-eastern parts of Australia.

O. frænata. Plains of the interior of New South Wales and Victoria.

O. lunata. Plains of the interior of South and West Australia.

This group comprises the small silky-haired Wallabies or Kangaroos of the interior; they weigh seldom more than 8 or 10 lbs., and are about the size of a common hare. Their light-grey fur is of a peculiar softness; the tail has a bare nail-like tip. This and the following genera possess more or less developed canine teeth.