5. Mus subrufus?

Dusky mouse.

Pethack of the natives.

Apparently an undescribed species (for which I would propose the name of Mus subrufus) is found in large numbers between Gol Gol Creek and the Darling; it is nocturnal and gregarious, and, like Hapalotis Mitchellii, burrows into the ground; 4 young are produced at a time by the female.

All the Rodents are eaten by the natives, but only in case of no other food being at hand, as a large number of these little creatures are wanted to satisfy the hunger of a black-fellow.

This closes the list of the Placental Mammalia, which I had page 6 an opportunity of observing. But there are, no doubt, still many species of Rodents new to science; in fact, several skins of Hapalotis were received through native tribes living some 100 miles further north, but all were in such bad preservation, that it was found impossible to give a correct description of them.