MAMMALIA. 
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Mammalia not belonging to the order Marsupiata are rare in the Continent of 
Australia. Besides the Dog, we are acquainted with none excepting a few species 
of Rodents, and these all belong to the family Muridce. 
The present animal adds one to the limited number already known : in 
the Museum of the Zoological Society there is another species, the characters of 
which I will point out in the next description. 
Mus fuscipes is remarkable for the great length and softness of its fur, and 
the brown colour of its feet : it is rather less than Mus Rattus , and of a stouter 
form. Not having had an opportunity of examining the molar teeth and the 
cranium of this animal, I cannot be positive that it is a species of the genus Mus; 
in external characters and the form of the incisor teeth, however, it agrees per- 
fectly with the animals of that genus. 
“This animal was caught in a trap baited with cheese, amongst the bushes 
at King George’s Sound.” — D. 
28. Mus Gouldii. 
M. vellere longo, molli, ochraceo, pilis nigricantibus adsperso, his ad latera rariori- 
bus : corpore subtus, pedibusque albis : auribus majusculis : caudd, capite corporeque 
paulo breviore. 
Description. — Ears rather large and slightly pointed, tarsi slender and tolerably 
long ; tail about equal in length to the body and half the head ; fur long and 
soft ; general colour pale ochreous yellow ; on the back there are numerous 
long black hairs interspersed with the ordinary fur, which gives a darker hue 
and somewhat variegated appearance to that part ; feet, chin, throat, and the 
whole under-parts of the body white ; ears brown, sparingly clothed with 
minute yellow hairs, both externally (excepting on the forepart, where they 
are brownish) and internally ; tail brownish above, and yellowish white be- 
neath ; the hairs of the moustaches long, and of a brown colour ; upper in- 
cisors deep orange, lower incisors yellow ; claws white. The hair of the back 
is of a deep lead colour at the base, pale ochre near the apex, and dusky at 
the apex ; the longer hairs are black ; the hairs of the belly are deep gray at 
the base and broadly tipped with white. 
Length from nose to root of tail 
of tail 
from nose to ear 
In. Lines. 
4 8 . 
3 6 
1 OJ 
Length of tarsus (claws included) 
of ear . . . . 
In. Lines. 
1 01 
0 7 
•Var. f3 . — General colour of the fur pale ochreous yellow, the feet, under side of 
the tail and the whole of the under parts, as well as the lower portion of the 
