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
_Muridæ_.
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 perfectly 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.