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Definition of Musk kangaroo

1. Noun. Small kangaroo of northeastern Australia.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Musk Kangaroo

Literary usage of Musk kangaroo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... part-- •• when it- is used for carrying bundle* of Perhaps, however, the most interesting member of the whole group is the tiny musk-kangaroo ..."

2. A Geographical History of Mammals by Richard Lydekker (1896)
"... and likewise the peculiar musk-kangaroo ... seems to have connected the musk-kangaroo so closely with the ..."

3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... name of the genus of the Australian animal called musk kangaroo. ... by the remarkable creature known, from its strong scent, as the Musk-kangaroo. ..."

4. The Fur Traders and Fur Bearing Animals by Marcus Petersen (1914)
"The smallest members of the Kangaroo tribe are the gregarious Kangaroo Rats that live in colonies in connected burrows, and the tree-climbing musk kangaroo, ..."

5. The "Lloyd" Guide to Australasia by Norddeutscher Lloyd, A. G. Plate (1906)
"The kangaroos range in size from the great grey kangaroo, standing some six feet high, to the little musk kangaroo about eight inches long from nose tip to ..."

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