RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. The Kangaroo which Capt. Wickham brought from the Abrolhos. CUL-DAR205.3.68. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 1.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.3 contains notes on distribution of animals.
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The Kangaroo which Capt. Wickham brought from the Abrolhos 30 miles from the continent is same with that on Rottnest Is (?) & on Kangaroo Isd - a very anomalous fact in geographical Distribution & hard to account for - Here dispute Petaurista from Norfolk Isd being aboriginal.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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