470 Dr. Situ on two Quadrupeds of South Africa. 
a transverse darkish band. The tail is wanting ; the feet and 
toes are covered above by a dirty reddish-white hair; the whis- 
kers are long, black, and situated on the anterior parts of the 
upper lip, and some similar looking hairs occur immediately 
over each eye. 
The teeth in this species differ a little from those in the other 
Cape Hyrax, more particularly the incisors ; but as I have riot 
had an opportunity of examining them minutely, I may only 
mention at presént, that the upper ones are more pointed, and 
that the lower ones stand in pairs, from the two intermediate 
ones being separated by a considerable interval. "The latter are 
also a little shorter than the lateral ones, and all of them have 
their tips tri-dentated. 
This animal is found in many of the forests of South Africa, 
and is occasionally seen coming out of holes in decayed trees, 
or standing upon the summits of such as have only trunks re- 
maining. 
Little is yet known of its manners; and almost the only 
observation that can be elicited from the farmers and inhabi- 
tants of the parts of the country in which it resides, is, that it 
makes a great noise previous to the fall of rain. 
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