rat-like-head

Updated: May 20, 2025

The indigenous tribes are those of the kangaroo, the opossum, and the lizard. It is curious to observe how the distinguishing features of the first are manifested in a great variety of animals, of all sizes from the kangaroo downwards the long hind, and short fore legs, the three toes on the former, the rat-like-head, the warm pouch, betokening the immature parturition.

Edward Wilson Landor - The Bushman — Life in a New Country