10 SMINTHOPSIS. 



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hairy, the naked part granulated, with or without pads, which, 

 when present, are not or but indistinctly striated. Pouch well 

 develoved. Mammee eight or ten. 



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Dentition. 1. I ^- ) G. s , P. ^-^ M. j-^ x 2 = 46. 



Habits. Terrestrial ; insectivorous. 



j\T ^ e . Goulds name Podabrus (1845) cannot stand, having 

 been previously (1840) bestowed upon a genus of Coleopterous 

 Insects by Fischer. 



1. SMINTHOPSIS CBASSICAUDATA, Gould, sp. (1844). 

 Thick -tailed Pouched Mouse. 



Size small ; form light and delicate. Fur very soft and fine. 

 General color above clear ashy-gray ; below grayish-white ; chin 

 white. Ears very large and rather pointed, their backs dark 

 brown anteriorly, strongly contrasting with the lighter hues 

 posteriorly. Hands and feet white. Greater part of soles clothed 

 with velvety hairs ; naked parts granulated, without distinct 

 striated pads. Tail short, incrassated, tapering, gray above, white 

 below. Mamrnse ten. 



Dimensions. Head and body about three and a half inches ; 

 tail about two inches. 



Habitat. All Australia except the extreme North. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 303, pis. xxiii. fig. 8 (sole), 

 xxv. fig. 10 (teeth J; Gould, Mamrn. Austr. i. pis. xlvi. (S. mac- 

 rurusj, xlvii. (S. crassicaudata). 



2. SMINTHOPSIS MURINA, Waterhouse, sp. (1837). 

 Common Pouched Mouse. 



Size small ; form very slender and delicate. Fur soft and fine. 

 General color above finely grizzled mouse-gray ; below grayish- 

 white ; chin white. Ears very variable in size, their backs uni- 

 formly slaty flesh-color. Hands, feet, and sometimes fore-arms 

 white. Greater part of soles naked, finely granulated, without 

 distinct striated pads. Tail moderate, slender, not incrassated, 

 brown above, gray or white below. Mammae eight. 



Dimensions. Head and body about three and a half inches ; 

 tail about the same. 



Habitat. Australia south of the tropics. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 303, pi. xxiii. fig. 7 (sole); 

 Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pis. xli. (S.fuliginosus), xlii. (S.Albipes), 

 xliii. (S. murinus). 



