HYPSIPRYMNUS MURINUS. 175 



RAT-TAILED HYPSIPRYMNUS. 



llypsiprymnus murinus. 

 PLATE XVI. 



Hypsipryranus murinus, Pander and D' Alton. Skelete der 



Bentelthiere, PI. 3. 

 Macropus minor, Shaw. Gen. Zool. Vol. I., PI. 2, p. 513, PI. 



116. 

 Poto-Roo or Kangaroo-Rat, White. Journal of a Voy. to Bot. 



Bay, Append, p. 277. 

 Hypsiprymnus setosus, Ogilby. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 149. 



myosurus ? Ogilby. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1 838^ p. 62. 



Peronii, H. Peron. Quoy et Gaim. Zool. de 



la Cog. p. 64. 

 Bettong of the Natives of New South Wales Mus. Linn. Soc. 



Head elongated; ears rather short and rounded; 

 fore-legs strong; tarsi short; tail about equal to the 

 hody in length, exhibiting scales, being but sparingly 

 clothed with short decumbent hairs, which (^except- 

 ing at the base, and also at the extreme point) are 

 of a black colour on the upper part and sides; on 

 the under side they are brownish, and at the tip there 

 are a few dirty white hairs. General colour of the 

 fur brown, on the back blackish, pencilled with brown- 

 ish white; lips, chin, throat, and the whole of the 

 under parts of the body dirty white; the inner side 

 of the limbs and the fore-part of the hind-legs are also 

 dirty white; the fore-feet are brown, and the tarsi 

 are dusky brown above : ears short and rounded, 

 moderately well clothed with hairs; those on the 



