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9. Mus BurtToNI, Ramsay (1887). 
Burton’s Rat. 
Fur close, thick, soft, of uniform texture, almost woolly. Ears 
moderate. Tail not quite the length of the body, naked. General 
color above uniform dull ashy-gray or mouse color, below lighter 
gray. Whiskers black, reaching to behind the ears. 
Dimensions.—Head and body—of type specimen—four- and 
four-fifths inches ; tail four and one-tenth inches. 
Habitat.—Derby, North-western Australia. 
feference.—Ramsay, Proc. Linn, Soc. N.S. Wales, (2) ii. p. 553, 
pl. xvii. figs. 1 - 3. (skull), 4 (hind foot) and 5 (fore foot). 
10. Mus TERRH-REGINE, Alston (1879). 
Gray’s White-footed Rat. 
Fur stiff and harsh both above and below, most of the hairs 
being developed into flattened channelled spines ; many longer 
cylindrical hairs on the back. Tail almost naked, considerably 
shorter than the head and body. Whiskers mixed black and 
white. lars rather large, rounded, and naked. Feet very large 
and stout. General color above dark reddish-brown, the longer 
hairs black ; lips, lower parts of cheeks, all the under surfaces, 
and feet yellowish-white ; tail dusky, irregularly marked with 
yellowish patches and rings. 
Dimensions.—Head and body to eight and a quarter inches; tail 
to rather more than seven inches. 
Habitat.—Cape York, Queensland. 
References.—Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 598 (as Acanthomys 
leucopus); Alston, op. cit. 1879, p. 646. 
11. Mus Gouxp1, Waterhouse (1840). 
Gould’s Rat. 
Ears rather large ; tail shorter than the head and body ; tarsi 
slender ; fur long and soft. General color pale ochreous-yellow, 
interspersed above with numerous long black hairs ; entire lower 
surfaces, the feet, and the claws, white; ears brown ; tail brown 
above, yellowish-white below ; upper incisors deep orange, lower 
yellow. 
Dimensions.—Head and body to four and two-thirds inches ; 
tail to three and a half inches. 
Habitat.—Southern and Eastern Australia. 
