MUS. 105 



Dimensions. Head and body to seven and a half inches; tail 

 to four and a half inches. 



Habitat. Plains between the Murray and Glenelg Rivers, 

 South Australia. 



References. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, p. 5; Gould, Mamm. 

 Austr. iii. pi. xii. 



3. Mus LINEOLATUS, Gould (1845). 

 Plain Rat. 



Ears moderate ; tail longer than the body ; fur long and very 

 soft. General color above deep slate-gray, with the tips and the 

 longer interspersed hairs black ; below grayish-white more or less 

 suffused with yellow ; eye encircled with black. Feet rather 

 small and white. Tail well clothed with small hairs, blackish 

 above, white below. 



Dimensions. Head and body to five and a-half inches ; tail to 

 four and a half inches. 



Habitat. Darling Downs, frequenting the open parts of the 

 grassy plains. 



Reference. Gould, Mamm. Austr. iii. pi. xviii. 



4. Mus ASSIMILIS, Gould (1857). 

 Allied Rat. 



Fur soft and silky. General color above light brown, very 

 finely pencilled with black, below grayish-buff. Feet clothed 

 with very fine silvery hairs. Tail nearly naked, slightly longer 

 than the body. 



Dimensions. Head and body to seven and a quarter inches ; 

 tail to six inches. 



Habitat. From North-eastern Queensland to South-western 

 Australia. 



References. -Gould, Mamm. Austr. iii. pi. xiii.; Collett, Zool. 

 Jahr. ii. 1886-7, p. 838. 



5. Mus MANICATUS, Gould (1857). 

 White-footed. Rat. 



Habit medium ; ears rather large. General color above black, 

 gradually shading into the deep gray of the under surface ; nose, 

 fore part of the lips, stripe down the centre of the throat and 

 chest, and all the feet, white ; whiskers deep black. Tail naked, 

 a little shorter than the body. 



Dimensions. Head and body up to seven inches ; tail up to 

 five inches. 



