﻿THE POUCHED MICE. I71 



Characters. — Agreeing with the preceding in the single-striped 

 back, the character of the tail, and the presence of only four 

 teats, this Papuan species may be distinguished by the hairs 

 of the back being tipped with white, the rich chestnut hue of 

 the under-parts, and the inferior length of the hind foot. 



Distribution. — North-western New Guinea. 



VII. swainson's pouched mouse, phascologale swain- 



SONI. 



Phascologale su<ainsom\ Waterhouse, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



ser. 2, vol. iv., p. 299 (1840); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. 



Brit. Mus., p. 285 (1888). 

 Anfechmus swainsofii, Gould, Mamm. Australia, vol. i., pi. 



xxiv. (1854). 

 A?itechi?ius nigei\ et A. moorei, Higgins and Petterd, Proc. Roy. 



Soc. Tasmania, 1882, p. 172, and 1883, p. 182. 

 With this species we revert to the non-striped representatives 

 of the genus, all of which, with the exception of one species 

 from the Aru Islands, are Australian, one of the latter ranging 

 into New Guinea. 



Characters. ^Size medium ; fur very long, soft and thick. 

 General colour deep rufous or umber-brown, under-parls dull 

 brownish-grey ; muzzle long ; ears short and broad, covered 

 with short dark brown hairs ; feet dark brown ; soles of the 

 hinder pair with five pads, that of the hallux being at most but 

 indistinctly divided ; front claws very long and strong. Tail 

 moderate, short-haired, uniformly dark brown. Probably ten 

 teats. Length of head and body about 5 inches ; tail of 4 

 inches. 



Distrihution. — Tasmania and South-eastern Victoria. 



VIII. little pouched mouse, phascologale minima. 

 Da^^urus jnmimus^ Geoffr., Ann. Museum, vol. iii.,p. 362(1804). 



