172 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
Phascologale minima, Temminck, Monogr. Mamm., vol. i, 
p- 59 (1827); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 287 
(1888). 
Antechinus minimus, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. 99 
(1843). 
Antechinus rolandensis, et A. concinnus, Higgins and Petterd, 
Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 1882, p. 172, and 1883, p. 184. 
Characters.—Size medium ; form Mouse-like ; fur thick, close 
and rather harsh. General colour grey, suffused with yellow 
or rufous, especially on the hinder-parts; under-parts, inclu- 
sive of chin, dirty yellowish-grey. Ears short, nearly naked, 
generally tufted at the base. A yellow patch on the front and 
outer side of the hip. Feet naked, yellow, or brown ; soles of 
hind feet naked, usually with five pads, but that of the hallux 
occasionally divided ; claws very long and strong. ‘Tail short, 
closely short-haired, brown above, paler below. Number of 
teats unknown. Length of head and body about 5% inches ; 
of tail 3% inches. 
Distribution.— Tasmania and adjacent islands. 
IX. YELLOW-FOOTED POUCHED MOUSE. PHASCOLOGALE 
FLAVIPES. 
Phascologale flavipes, Waterhouse, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1837, p. 
75; Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit Mus., p. 289 (1888). 
Phascologale rufogaster, Gray, in Grey’s Australia, Appendix, 
vol. ii., p. 407 (1841). 
Antechinus stuartt, Macleay, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. viii, 
p. 241 (1841). 
Antechinus flavipes, Gray, List Mamm. Brit. Mus., p. 99 
(1843). 
(Plate XX VII.) 
Characters.—Size small or medium; form stout; fur close 
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