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mottled yellowish-brown, below grayish-white ; a dark patch 
at the anterior portion of the base of the ear; fore feet 
grayish-white, hind feet and toes long and slender, pure white ; 
tail brown above, grayish-white below, with the tip almost black. 
Dimensions.—Head and body to six and three-fourths inches ; 
tail to six and a half inches. 
Habitat.—Northern Tasmania. 
Reference.—Higgins & Petterd, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas. 1883, 
p. 185. 
Note.—The authors of the species state that M. tamarensis is 
“extremely abundant on the banks of the river Tamar, and 
probably widely distributed over the island. Settlers residing 
near the river suffer much from its destructive propensities.” 
In a later paper by the same authors describing yet another 
new Tasmanian species of Jus, a list of the “ Terrestrial Animals 
of Tasmania” is given. From this list the name of IL tamarensis 
is omitted, although no comment is made by the authors on the 
reason for the excision of this their iatest species. 
26. Mus Tetraconurvus, H. & P. (1883), 
Quadrangular-tailed Rat. 
Form stout ; ears short and broadly rounded ; tail short, 
quadrangular ; fur very long and soft. General color above dark 
ashy-gray, thickly interspersed with longer blackish hairs ; lips 
and entire under surface slaty-gray ; hands and feet ashy-gray ; 
tail brown. 
Dimensions.—Head and body to six inches ; tail to less than 
four inches. 
Habitat.—Tasmania. 
Reference.—Higgins and Petterd, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tas. 1883, 
Par Lo. 
Genus IV._CONILURUS, W. Ogilby (1838). 
Hind limbs more or less elongated. Incisive foramina very 
large. No coronoid process to the lower jaw. Ears and tail 
long. 
Distribution.— Australia. 
Dentition.—I. 3, M.2 x 2 = 16. 
Note.—I have been reluctantly obliged to abandon the better 
known name /apalotis (Lichtenstein, 1829), in favor of the 
above, proposed by my father, since the former name was used 
by Hiibner in 1816 for a genus of Lepidopterous insects, and 
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