12 PHASCOLOGALE. 



1. PHASCOLOGALE CALURA, Gould, (1844). 

 Lesser Brush-tailed Pouched Mouse. 



Size medium ; form slender. Fur long, soft, and tine. General 

 color above gray with a faint rufous tinge ; below white. Ears 

 very large, almost naked, with well-marked basal tufts of red hair. 

 Hands and feet white. Soles with five pads, the hallucal very 

 long, but undivided ; claws small and weak. Tail long ; the basal 

 half short-haired, rufous above, dark brown below ; the terminal 

 half black, and slightly bushy all round. Mammse ? 



Dimensions. Head and body about five inches ; tail about six 

 inches. 



Habitat. South and West Australia. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 296, pis. xxiv. fig. 9 (upper 

 mew of skull), xxv. fig. 6 (teeth); Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pi. xxxii. 



2. PHASCOLOGALE PENICILLATA, Shaw, sp. (1800). 

 Gieater Brush-tailed Pouched Mouse. 



Size large ; form stout and strong. Fur short and coarse. 

 General color above finely grizzled pale gray ; below, chin white, 

 chest, belly, and innerside of limbs white or pale gray, the pouch- 

 hairs dull rufous. Muzzle with an indistinct darker stripe. Ears 

 very large, nearly naked. Feet and hands gray. Soles with the 

 five primary pads very long, the hallucal pad undivided, and a 

 minute supplementary pad posteriorly on the outer margin ; claws 

 long and strong. Tail long and thick, the terminal half or three- 

 fifths thickly clothed all round with long black hairs, forming a 

 prominent brush. Mam rate ten. 



Dimensions. Head and body about ten inches ; tail about 

 nine inches. 



Habitat. All Australia, except the extreme North. 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 294, pis. xxiii. fig. 4 (sole), 

 xxiv. fig. 4 (teeth) ; Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pi. xxxi. 



3. PHASCOLOGALE MINUTISSIMA, Gould, sp. (1851). 



Pigmy Pouched Mouse. 



Size very small. Fur short, soft, and fine, mainly composed of 

 underfur. General color above finely grizzled mouse-gray ; below, 

 chin white, chest and belly similar to, but paler than back. Ears 

 of medium size, thinly clothed with short hairs. Hands and feet 

 pale brown. Soles naked, with seven pads. Tail of moderate 

 length, short-haired. Pouch fairly developed. Mamma? eight. 



Dimensions. Head and body about three inches ; tail about 

 two and a half inches. 



Habitat. Central and Southern Queensland. 



