of a new Genus of the Class Mammalia. 163 
Pedes plantigradi, pentadactyli. Plante lanugine mollissima 
dense vestitæ. Ungues falculæ, compressæ, arcuate, acu- 
tissimæ (retractiles). 
The body above is of à beautiful fulvous brown colour, which 
on the back becomes lighter, and assumes a golden hue. The 
brown colour extends with a somewhat deeper shade to the 
neck, the sides of the head and the ears posteriorly ; and a band 
of the same colour arises from the eyes and unites to the back 
of the neck. ‘The face, snout, and the ears are white; a few 
fulvous and yellowish hairs are mixed with the white covering 
of the forehead. 
The abdomen and extremities are black, and separated by a 
defined line from the colour of the upper parts. ‘The tail is 
banded alternately’ fulvous-brown and yellow, and tipt with 
black. The woolly covering of the soles of the feet is of a gray 
or blackish colour. The dimensions of this animal are, 
Length of the head . ....... 74 inches. 
from the occiput to the root | 
ofthe tell aes oor nom 192 do. 
S Wetal- gic css 15 do. 
Total length . . . . . .. 49 inches, or 3 ft. 6 in. 
The peculiarities of our animal, on which its rank as a genus 
depends, are striking and prominent; but its disposition in a 
natural series is still obscure, as it resembles in several charac- 
ters the individuals of that subdivision of digitigrade carnas- 
siers, from which it differs essentially both in its teeth and in its 
plantigrade walk. Among the peculiarities of our animal are 
to be noticed the great breadth of the rostrum and the singular 
structure of the teeth : but the most remarkable character, and 
that on which its distinction principally depends, is the form of 
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