in other
species of Marsupials belonging to the genus <i>Macropus</i>,
but with a qualifying adjective, such as <i>Dorca</i>-,
<i>Tree</i>-, <i>Rat</i>-, <i>Musk</i>-, etc.; and it is
applied to species of the genera <i>Dorcopsis</i>,
<i>Dendrolagus, Bettongia</i>, and <i>Hypsiprymnodon</i>. The
<i>Brush-Kangaroo</i> (q.v.) is another name for the
<i>Wallaby</i> (q.v.), and the <i>Rat-Kangaroo</i> is the
stricter scientific appellation of <i>Kangaroo-Rat</i> (q.v.).
The <i>Banded-Kangaroo</i> is a <i>Banded-Wallaby</i> (see
<i>Lagostrophus</i>). See also <i>Dorca-Kangaroo</i>,
<i>Tree-Kangaroo</i>, <i>Musk-Kangaroo</i>, <i>Dorcopsis,
Dendrolagus</i>, <i>Bettongia, Hypsiprymnodon</i>,
<i>Rock-Wallaby</i>, <i>Paddy-melon</i>, <i>Forester</i>,
<i>Old Man</i>,, <i>Joey</i>, and <i>Boomah</i>.

(f) The Use of the Word.

1770. `Capt. Cook's Journal' (edition Wharton, 1893), p. 244:

May 1st. An animal which must feed upon grass, and which,
we judge, could not be less than a deer."

[p. 280]: "June 23rd. One of the men saw an animal something
less than a greyhound; it was of a mouse colour, very slender
made, and swift of foot."

[p. 294]: August 4th. "The animals which I have before
mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo or Kanguru."
[At Endeavour River, Queensland.]

1770. Joseph Banks, `Journal' (edition Hooker, 1896), p. 287:

"<i>July</i> 14.--Our second Lieutenant had the good fortune to
kill the animal that had so long been the subject of our
speculations. To compare it to any European animal would be
impossible, as it has not the least resemblance to any one that
I have seen. Its forelegs are extremely short, and of no use
to 1t in walking; its hind again as disproportionally long;
with these it hops seven or eight feet at a time, in the same
manner as the jerboa, to which animal indeed it bears much
resemblance, except in size, this being in weight 38 lbs., and
the jerboa no larger than a common rat."

Ibid. p. 301:

"<i>August</i> 26.--Quadrupeds we saw but few, and were able to
catch but few of those we did see. The largest was called by
the natives <i>kangooroo</i>; it is different from any
European, and, indeed, any animal I have heard or read of,
except the jerboa of Egypt, which is not larger than a rat,
while this is as large as a middling lamb. The largest we shot
weighed 84 lbs. It may, however, be easily known from all
other animals by the singular property of running, or rath