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Distribution, — Australia, South of the tropics. 



III. WHITE-FOOTED POUCHED MOUSE. SMINTHOPSIS LEUCOPUS. 



Fhascologale leucopus, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. x., p. 



261 (1842). 

 Antechinus leucopus^ Gray, List. Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. 100 



(1843). 

 Antechinus ferrugineifrons, Gould, Mamm. Australia, vol. i., pi. 



xxvi. (1854). 



Podabrus leucopus^et P. mitchelli, Krefft, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1866, 



P- 433- 

 Antechinus leucogenys, Higgins and Petterd, Proc. Roy. Soc. 



Tasmania, 1882, p. 172. 



Characters. — Size medium ; form slender; fur close, fine, and 

 straight. General colour uniform dark greyish-brown or Mouse- 

 colour, with no prominent markings; under-parts and feet 

 white. Ears large and broad, uniform slaty-grey on the backs. 

 Soles of fore feet finely granulated, with six pads ; those of 

 hind feet hairy behind and coarsely granulated in front, with 

 four small and finely striated pads. Tail moderate, slender, 

 shorter in specimens from the south than in those from the 

 extreme north, grey or brown ab:)ve, and white beneath. 

 Length of head and body about 4 inches ; of tail 3}^ in southern, 

 and 4 in northern forms. The number of teats unknown. 



Distribution. — Eastern Australia, from Cape York to Tas- 

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IV. STRIPED-FACED POUCHED MOUSE. SMINTHOPSIS VIRGINIA. 



Phascologale virginice, De Tarragon, Rev. Zool., 1847, p. 117. ) 

 Phascologale (Sminthopsis) virginice, Collett, Zool. Jahrbuch, 



vol. ii., p. 866 (1887). 

 Sininfhnpsis virginice, Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 



300 (1888). 



