MUS. 111 
Dimensions.—Head and body to seven and a half inches ; tail 
to six and three-fourths inches. 
Habitat.— Northern Tasmania. 
Reference.—Higgins & Petterd, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas. 1882, 
p. 173, with plate, figs. 2, 2a. 
20. Mus teucorus, H. & P. (1882). 
Short-tailed Rat. 
Ears long ; tail very much shorter than head and body ; fur 
long and soft. General color above dark brown tipped with pale 
fulvous-brown, below dirty ashy-gray ; snout gray, the extreme 
tip nearly white; ears clothed with almost black hairs ;. tail 
above with short dark hairs mixed with paler, below with white 
hairs ; feet white. 
Dimensions.—Head and body to five and three-fourths inches ; 
tail to three and three-fourths inches. 
Habitat.—Northern Tasmania. 
Reference.—Higgins & Petterd, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas. 1882, 
p. 174, with plate, figs. 4, 4a. 
Note.—Should this prove to be a good species the name will 
require to be altered. 
21. Mus variaBiLis, H. & P. (1882). 
Swan’s Rat. 
Ears rather large, broad, very much rounded above, and almost 
naked ; tail equal in length to the head and body ; fur rather 
long and soft. General color above dark bluish-gray or fawn, 
below pale bluish-gray or white; feet brownish, fawn color, or 
white ; tail dark brown. 
Dimensions.— Head and body to eight inches ; tail to the same 
length. 
Habitat.—Tasmania (St. Leonards). 
Reference.—Higgins & Petterd, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas. 1882, 
p. 174, with plate, figs. 3, 3a. 
22. Mus simsoni, H. & P. (1882). 
Simson’s Rat. 
Ear moderately long; tail longer than the head and body, 
thickened at the base. General color above grayish-brown inter- 
spersed with darker hairs, paler below ; face bluish-gray ; chin 
white ; ears brown ; feet yellowish-white ; tail pale brown. 
