MUS. 105 
Dimensions.—Head and body to seven and a half inches; tail 
to four and a half inches. 
Habitat.—Plains between the Murray and Glenelg Rivers, | 
South Australia. 
References.—Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847, p. 5; Gould, Mamm. 
Austr. iii. pl. xii. ° 
3. Mus tingoxatus, Gould (1845). 
Plain Rat. 
Ears moderate ; tail longer than the body ; fur long and very 
soft. General color above deep slate-gray, with the tips and the 
longer interspersed hairs black ; below grayish-white more or less 
suffused with yellow; eye encircled with black. Feet rather 
small and white. Tail well clothed with small hairs, blackish 
above, white below. 
Dimensions.—Head and body to five and a-half inches ; tail to 
four and a half inches. 
Habitat.—Darling Downs, frequenting the open parts of the 
grassy plains. 
Reference.—-Gould, Mamm. Austr. iii. pl. xviii. 
4. Mus assimixis, Gould (1857). 
Allied Rat. 
Fur soft and silky. General color above light brown, very 
finely pencilled with black, below grayish-buff. Feet clothed 
with very fine silvery hairs. Tail nearly naked, slightly longer 
than the body. 
Dimensions.—Head and body to seven and a quarter inches ; 
tail to six inches. 
Habitat.—From North-eastern Queensland to South-western 
Australia. 
References.—Gould, Mamm. Austr. iil. pl. xiii.; Collett, Zool. 
Jahr. ii. 1886-7, p. 838. 
5. Mus mantcatus, Gould (1857). 
White-footed Rat. 
Habit medium ; ears rather large. General color above black, 
gradually shading into the deep gray of the under surface ; nose, 
fore part of the lips, stripe down the centre of the throat and 
chest, and all the feet, white ; whiskers deep black. Tail naked, 
a little shorter than the body. 
Dimensions.—Head and body up to seven inches ; tail up to 
five inches. 
