MUS. 107 



9. Mus BURTONI, Ramsay (1887). 

 Burton's Bat. 



Fur close, thick, soft, of uniform texture, almost woolly. Ears 

 moderate. Tail not quite the length of the body, naked. General 

 color above uniform dull ashy-gray or mouse color, below lighter 

 gray. Whiskers black, reaching to behind the ears. 



Dimensions. Head and body of type specimen four and 

 four-fifths inches ; tail four and one-tenth inches. 



Habitat. Derby, North-western Australia. 



Reference. Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, (2) ii. p. 553, 

 pi. xvii. tigs. 1-3. (skull), 4 (hind foot) and 5 (fore foot}. 



10. MUS TERR.E-REGIN.E, Alston (1879). 



Gray's White-footed. Eat. 



Fur stiff and harsh both above and below, most of the hairs 

 being developed into flattened channelled spines ; many longer 

 cylindrical hairs on the back. Tail almost naked, considerably 

 shorter than the head and body. W'hiskers mixed black and 

 white. Ears rather large, rounded, and naked. Feet very large 

 and stout. General color above dark reddish-brown, the longer 

 hairs black : lips, lower parts of cheeks, all the under surfaces, 

 and feet yellowish-white ; tail dusky, irregularly marked with 

 yellowish patches and rings. 



Dimensions. Head and body to eight and a quarter inches; tail 

 to rather more than seven inches. 



Habitat. Cape York, Queensland. 



References. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 598 (as Acanthomys 

 leucopus); Alston, op. cit. 1879, p. 646. 



11. Mus GOULDI, Waterhouse (1840). 

 Gould's Kat. 



Ears rather large ; tail shorter than the head and body ; tarsi 

 slender ; fur long and soft. General color pale ochreous-yellow, 

 interspersed above with numerous long black hairs ; entire lower 

 surfaces, the feet, and the claws, white ; ears brown ; tail brown 

 above, yellowish-white below ; upper incisors deep orange, lower 

 yellow. 



Dimensions. Head and body to four and two-thirds inches ; 

 tail to three and a half inches. 



Habitat. Southern and Eastern Australia. 



