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over entire belly and more or less irregularly invading other parts ; small 

 areas on pectoral and inguinal regions, sometimes including throat, pure 

 white ; ears thinly covered with grayish brown hairs ; ankles dusky ; feet 

 white ; tail grayish brown above, slightly paler below. 



Ci-ani<d character*. Skull small, short and relatively broad; braincase 

 large and smoothly rounded ; frontal region broad and flat; bullse large; 

 first upper molar with antero-internal sulcus obsolete. Compared with 

 N. Icplda the skull averages larger, with decidedly longer toothrow, larger 

 interparietal and smaller bullae. 



Measurements. Type: Total length, 310; tail vertebrse, 139; hind 

 foot, 31. 



