10 SMINTHOPSIS. 
hairy, the naked part granulated, with or without pads, which, 
when present, are not or but indistinctly striated. Pouch well 
developed. Mamme eight or ten. 
. 12.3.4 cy 1 LOSI” ug LOM Meee 
Dentition. II. 123? C. Su igh 1.0.3.4 M. 1.2.3.4 x 2= 46. 
Habits.—Verrestrial ; insectivorous. 
Note.—Gould’s name Podabrus (1845) cannot stand, having 
been previously (1840) bestowed upon a genus of Coleopterous 
Insects by Fischer. 
1. SMINTHOPSIS CRASSICAUDATA, Gould, sp. (1844). 
Thick-tailed Pouched Mouse. 
Size small; form light and delicate. Fur very soft and fine. 
General color above clear ashy-gray ; below grayish-white ; chin 
white. Ears very large and rather pointed, their backs dark 
brown anteriorly, strongly contrasting with the lighter hues 
posteriorly. Hands and feet white. Greater part of soles clothed 
with velvety hairs; naked parts granulated, without distinct 
striated pads. Tail short, incrassated, tapering, gray above, white 
below. Mamme ten. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about three and a half inches ; 
tail about two inches. 
Habitat.—All Australia except the extreme North. 
References.—Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 306, pls. xxiii. fig. 8 (sole ), 
xxv. fig. 10 (teeth); Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pls. xlvi. GS. mac- 
rurus), xvii. (S. crassicaudata ). 
2. SMINTHOPSIS MURINA, Waterhouse, sp. (1837). 
Common Pouched Mouse. 
Size small ; form very slender and delicate. Fur soft and fine. 
General color above finely grizzled mouse-gray; below grayish- 
white ; chin white. Ears very variable in size, their backs uni- 
formly slaty flesh-color. Hands, feet, and sometimes fore-arms 
white. Greater part of soles naked, finely granulated, without 
distinct striated pads. Tail moderate, slender, not incrassated, 
brown above, gray or white below. Mamme eight. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about three and a half inches ; 
tail about the same. 
Habitat.—Australia south of the tropics. 
References. —Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 303, pl. xxiii. fig. 7 (sole ); 
Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pls. xli. (S. fuliginosus ), xlii. (iS. albipes ), 
xii. (S. murinus). 
