40 MEMOIES OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



Uromys macropus, Gray. 



ISm.—Mus macropus, Gray, P.Z.S., 1866, p. 221 ; loc. cit. 1867, p. 597. 

 1867. — Hapalotis caudimaculata, Krefft, P.Z.S., p. 316, fig. 1-7 (skull). 

 1867.- — Uromys macropus, Peters, Mon. Ak. Berl., p. 344, with plate. 

 1887. — Uromys macropus, Collett, Zool. Jahr., p. 840. 

 1892. — Uromys macropus, Ogilby, Cat. Aiistr. Mamm., p. 121. 

 Habitat : North-Eastern Australia. 



Uromys cervinipes, Gould. 



1863. — Mus cervinipes, Gould, Mamm. Austr., iii, pi. xiv (ref. to P.Z.8., 



1852 ; not found). 

 1888. — Uromys cervinipes, Thomas, P.Z.S., pp. 237 & 484. 

 1889. — Uromys cervinipes, Thomas, P.Z.S., p. 248. 

 1892. — Uromys cervinipes, Ogilby, Cat. Austr. Mamm., p. 121. 

 Habitat : Eastern Australia. 



Uromys melicus, Thomas. 



1913.^ — Uromys melicus, Thomas, Ami. Mag. Nat. His., xii, p. 215. 

 " A very similar Uromys occurs in some of the islets off the Cape York coast, 

 but our material is not sufficient to say if it is or is not specifically identical with the 

 Melville Island species." — Thomas. 



Habitat : Melville Island, Northern Territory. 



*Uromys rufescens, Alston. 



1877. — Uromys rufescens, Alston, P.Z.S. (1), p. 124 ; loc. cit., p. 743. 

 1877. — Mus musavora, Ramsay, P.L.S. N.S.W., ii (July), p. 15. 

 ISSl.— Uromys musovorus, Pet. & Dor., Mus. Civ., Gen., xvi, p. 705. 



This is apparently included by Oldfield Thomas (P.Z.S. , 1888, p. 484) in the 

 synonymy of U. cervinipes. 



Habitat : Duke of York Island. 



*Uromys bruijnii, P. & D. 



1876. — Uromys bruijnii. Pet. & Dor., Mus. Civ., Genov., viii, p. 336 ; loc. cit., 



xvi, 1881, p. 704. 

 1897. — Uromys bruijnii, Thomas, Mus. Civ., Genov., xviii, p. 617. 



This species is closely allied to U. cervinipes. 



Habitat : Papua. Type locality : Salawatti. 



Uromys banfieldi, De Vis. 



1907. — Uromys banfieldi, De Vis, Ann. Qld. Mus., 7, p. 8. 



Oldfield Thomas (Ann. Mag. Nat. His., xii, 1913, p. 215) refers to this species 

 as " doubtfully distinct " from U. cervinipes. 



Habitat : Dunk Island. 



