106 MUS. 



Habitat. York Peninsula ; Mount Kosciusko. 1 

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



6. Mus SORDIDUS, Gould (1867). 

 Sordid Rat. 



Habit stout. Ears rather large. Hair rather coarse and 

 wiry. General color above grizzled black and brown, the former 

 prevailing on the dorsal aspect; below grayish-buff; fore feet 

 grayish-brown ; hind feet silvery-gray ; tail thinly clothed with 

 extremely fine black hairs, about equal in length to the body. 



Dimensions. Head and body to six and three-fourths inches ; 

 tail to five inches. 



Habitat. Darling Downs. 



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



Note. According to Gilbert its food consists mostly of the 

 roots of stunted shrubs, and while it is common on the plains it 

 is also found occasionally on the banks of creeks. 



7. Mus LONGIPILIS, Gould (1863;. 

 Long-haired Rat. 



Fur very long, hairy, and somewhat harsh to the touch, of a 

 grayish-brown at the base and tawny-buff at the tip, numerously 

 interspersed especially along the back with very long, fine black 

 hairs ; below buffy-gray ; feet flesh color, sparingly clothed with 

 silvery hairs. Tail thinly beset with fine, stiff, black hairs. 



Dimensions. Head and body to seven and three-fourths inches; 

 tail to five and three-fourths inches. 



Habitat. Victoria River ? 



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



8. Mus VELUTINUS, Thomas (1882). 



Velvet-furred Rat. 



Fur very long, soft, and velvety. General color above yellowish 

 olivaceous gray, the hairs dark slaty-gray for nine-tenths of their 

 length, with their extreme tips yellow, and intermixed with 

 many longer black hairs : below bluish-gray, the bases of the 

 hairs light slate color, and the tips dirty white. Ears, feet, and 

 tail uniform dark brown. 



Dimensions. Head and body up to six and a third inches ; 

 tail to four inches. 



Habitat. Tasmania. 



Reference. Thomas, Ann. Nat. Hist. (5) ix. 1882, p. 415, fig. 

 4 (front edge of anterior zygoma-root J. 



