174 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
X. PIGMY POUCHED MOUSE. PHASCOLOGALE MINUTISSIMA. 
Antechinus minutissimus, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1851, p. 
284. , 
Antechinus maculatus, Gould, loc. cit. 
Phascologale maculata, Wagner, in Schreber’s Saugeth, Suppl., 
vol. v., p. 202 (1855). 
Phascologale minutissima, Wagner, op. cit., p. 203; Thomas, 
Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 292 (1888). 
Characters.—Size very small; fur soft, short, and fine, con- 
sisting chiefly of under-fur. General colour finely-grizzled 
mouse-grey ; under-parts somewhat paler. Ears medium, 
thinly clothed with short hairs. Feet pale brown; soles of 
hind feet naked, with seven pads; tail of moderate length, 
short-haired. Pouch fairly well developed ; eight teats. Length 
of head and body about three inches ; of tail 234 inches, 
Distribution Central and Southern Queensland. 
This pretty little animal is the smallest representative of the 
genus, and, both in form and coloration, simulates the common 
House-Mouse to a remarkable degree. 
XI. LONG-TAILED POUCHED MOUSE, PHASCOLOGALE 
LONGICAUDATA. 
Phascologale longicaudata, Schlegel, Ned. Tijdsehr. Dierk., 
vol. iii., p. 356 (1866); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., 
p. 293 (1888). 
Characters—May be distinguished from the last by being 
nearly double the size, and by the length of the tail exceeding 
that of the head and body ; the latter feature distinguishing it 
from all the other species with the exception of P. calura, 
The nearest approach to this condition is made by P. wallacit, 
in which the length of the tail is equal to that of the head and 
body. 
Distribution.—Aru Islands, 
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