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x. pigmy pouched mouse. phascologale minutisstma. 

 Antechiniis minutissuniis, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 185 1, p. 



284. 

 Antechiniis maculates, Gould, loc. cit, 

 Phascologale maculata, Wagner, in Schreber's SJiugeth, Suppl., 



vol. v., p. 202 (1855). 

 Phascologale 7niniifissima, "Wagner, op. cit.., p. 203 ; Thomas, 



Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 292 (1888). 



Characters. — Size very small ; fur soft, short, and fine, con- 

 sisting chiefly of under-fur. General colour finely-grizzled 

 mouse-grey ; under-parts somewhat paler. Lars medium, 

 thinly clothed with short hairs. Feet pale brown ; soles of 

 hind feet naked, with seven pads ; tail of moderate length, 

 short-haired. Pouch fairly well developed ; eight teats. Length 

 of head and body about three inches ; of tail 2}^ inches. 



Distribution. — Central and Southern Queensland. 



This pretty little animal is the smallest representative of the 

 genus, and, both in form and coloration, simulates the common 

 House-Mouse to a remarkable degree. 



XL LONG-TAILED POUCHED MOUSE. PHASCOLOGALE 

 LONGICAUDATA. 



Phascologale longicaudafa, Schlegel, Ned. Tijdsehr. Dierk., 



vol. iii., p. 356 (1866); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., 



p. 293 (1888). 



Characters. — May be distmguished from the last by being 



nearly double the size, and by the length of the tail exceeding 



that of the head and body ; the latter feature distinguishing it 



from all the other species with the exception of P. cahira. 



The nearest approach to this condition is made by P. wallacii, 



in which the length of the tail is equal to that of the head and 



body. 



distribution, — .Vru Islands. 



