Marl(l<(i from Central Aiosfrdlla. 



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Mus nanus. Fig. 4. 



Gould. Proc. Zool. See, 1857, p. 242. 



Mamm. Austr., III., pi. 20. 



The following notes are drawn up from five specimens identi- 

 fied without difficulty. Gould's figure of this species is, I should 

 say, unmistakeable, and hut little can be added to the description 

 of the exterjial features. The fur is chestnut intermixed with 

 black hairs, and the general character is very harsh. On the 

 fore legs is a dark mark, mainly on the outer side, the ears are 

 short, sparsely clothed with hairs : the tail is a little shorter 

 than the head and body : the scales average fifteen to the 

 centimetre. Mammoe, 2 = 4. 



Skull. Arched, nasals bent downwards, converging to an 

 acute angle behind : anterior zygoma root slightly emarginate ; 

 interparietal very wide, extending well across the brain-case. In 

 the mandible the angle is conspicuously rounded. 



Teeth. Upper incisors strongly curved : the molar series 

 diverse in a marked manner. 



