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References.—Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 292, pls. xxiv. fig. 8 (upper 
view of skull), xxv. fig. 3 (teeth); Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pls. 
xliv. (P. maculata), xlv. (P. minutissima ). 
4, PHASCOLOGALE FLAVIPES, Waterhouse (1837). 
Yellow-footed Pouched Mouse. 
Size small or medium ; form stout. Fur close and rather crisp. 
General color above gray suffused with yellow or rufous; below 
yellow or rufous. ars rather large, naked above, their bases 
tufted externally with yellow or gray. Limbs and feet more or 
less like the belly. Soles naked, with six pads, the hallucal 
usually divided. Claws small and delicate. Tail short-haired, 
brown or yellow above, paler below, the terminal inch sometimes 
black. Mamme eight. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about five inches; tail about 
three and a half inches. 
Habitat.—From New Guinea throughout Eastern Australia to 
South Australia. 
References.—Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 289, pl. xxv. fig. 5 (teeth); 
Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pls. xl. (P. flavipes), xxxvii. (P. wnicolor). 
4a, P. FLAVIPES var. LEUCOGASTER, Gray (1841) 
White-bellied Pouched Mouse. 
Differs from the typical form only in the underside and limbs 
being white. 
Habitat.—Northern and Western Australia. 
References.—Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 291; Gould, Mamm. 
Austr. i. pl. xxxviil. 
5. PHASCOLOGALE MINIMA, Geoffroy, sp. (1804). 
Little Pouched Mouse. 
Size medium ; form murine. Fur thick and close, but rather 
harsh. General color above gray, suffused with yellow or rufous, 
more strongly posteriorly ; below, chin white, chest and belly 
dirty yellowish-gray. Ears short, nearly naked, generally tufted 
at the base. A yellow patch on the front and outside of the hips. 
Hands and feet gray, yellow, or brown. Soles naked, with five 
pads, but the hallucal sometimes divided. Claws very long and 
strong. Tail short, closely short-haired, brown above, paler 
below. Mamme ? 
Dimensions.—Head and body about five and a half inches ; 
tail about three and a half inches. 
Habitat.—Tasmania and the adjoining Islands. 
References.—Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 287. 
