PHASCOGALE {Anteehiint*) CRASSICAUDATA. 
The Thick-tailed Pbascogule. 
(Plate 15, fig. 2.) 
Phascagale crasticaudafa. Gould, Proceedings of the Zoological Society for 
Jane, 184-1, Ft. 12, j>. 105. 
Podabru* craxxicaudatus. Gould, MammaU of Australia, Pt. 1, PL 5. 
Fur long, dense, and extremely soft; on the upper parts of the 
body grey washed with yellow ; on the sides of the body of i 
delicate yellow, and on the under parts white : feet, anJ 
under surface of the tail, white: ears large; sparingly clothe! 
with very' minute hairs, which are for the most part whitish, 
but on the outer surface is a large black patch extending 
inwards from the anterior margin. 
Inhabits Western and Southern Australia. 
Mr. Gould, in his Mammals of Australia, places this animal 
under the new generic name Podabru*, on account of its 
having slender and delicate feet, as compared with the Phac 
cogale Jlavipe* % and its allies. Whatever may be the value 
of this new section, it certainly should include, as well as the 
P. era*# tea ttda la, the P. a lb ipcs, P. leucopus , P. murina, 
and P. macronra and the last mentioned animal approaches 
most nearly, in having the tail incrassated, to the present 
species. All these PhascogaUs have the slander feet, the 
heel more clothed with lmir than in others of the group, and 
the pads on the under side of the foot covered with minute 
tubercles, instead of being striated, as represented in the foot 
of P. penicillata (see PI. 12, tig. 2.) 
The fur of the Thick-tailed Phaseogalo is of a deep lead- 
grey colour next the skin ; on the under parts of the body 
each hair is white at the point; on the sides, tlio lmirs an* of 
u delicate yellow at the point, and on the back they are 
