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Show 1 9 0 6 .] MAMMALS FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. 5 3 7 ingrami, after Sir William Ingram, though a new species of Mus (M. forresti) has such peculiarities of dentition that their study has resulted in a recent rearrangement of the murine genera of Australia. 1. N yc to ph ilu s geof fr oy i Leach. c?. Alexandria. Forearm 35 mm. 2. C i ia l in o lo b u s g ou ld i Gray. cJ. 122, 127. 5 . 125, 128. Bluff Hole, Alexandria, 21-24 May, 1905. 3. Sc'OTEINUS GREYI Gould. Ten specimens. Alexandria. 4 . N yctinomus p l ic a tus colonicus, subsp. n. c? . Alexandria. B.M. No. 6.3.9.16. Type. Similar in all essential particulars to the true Indian plicatus, but rather larger in body and limb dimensions, and markedly larger in the skull, the cranial crests, sagittal and lambdoid, very well developed. Dimensions of the type, measured on the spirit-specimen:- Forearm 50 mm. Head and body 67 mm.; tail 42; ear 22 ; third finger, metacarpal 50, 1st phalanx 21, 2nd phalanx 22; lower leg 18. Skull-greatest length to occipital crest 22 ; basal length 17'7 ; zygomatic breadth 13*5 ; mastoid breadth 12 ; palate length 8*7; front of upper canine to back of m3 8; front of lower canine to back of m3 9. IIab. and Type as above. A South-Australian specimen of N. plicatus received from Prof. Leche in 1890 also belongs to this larger race. On the other hand, examples from New Guinea and the Fiji Islands correspond in size with Javan and Indian specimens. 5. C a n is din g o Blum. Skin and two skulls. Alexandria. 6. Mus v illos issim us Waite. M. longipilis Gould nec Waterh. 86, 87, 89, 101, 106, 108, 139, 140, 142. $ . 114, 137, 141, 143. Alexandria. 145, 186, 187. 2- 147, 148, 184, 185. S.W. of Alroy. This species is so common at the station as to be a serious pest. The type locality of Gould's M. longipilis was the Victoria River, about 400 miles to the west of Alexandria, but in the same faunal area. |
