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from the enlargement of the head and the filling up of the 

 sides of the face, when the profile is somewhat altered. 

 Nose obtuse at the extremity, and slightly emarginate be- 

 tween the nostrils ; these last reniform, with tumid edges : 

 on each side of the nose, immediately above the upper lip, 

 is a protuberant swelling, formed by a congeries of seba- 

 ceous glands, which, when cut through, are of a yellowish- 

 white colour. Eyes round and very small, situate half- 

 way between the above glands and the ears, and sunk deep 

 in the head ; over each, immediately above the anterior 

 angle, is a small elevated wart furnished with a few black 

 hairs : a transverse tuft of rather long upright hair on the 

 forehead, which has the effect of making the head appear 

 more elevated than it really is : rest of the face, including 

 the cheeks, contour of the eyes, and space above the nose, 

 almost naked, particularly in young specimens. Auricle 

 broad, rather more than half as long as the head, oval, 

 approaching to triangular, deeply notched on its external 

 margin about midway down ; tragus half the length of the 

 auricle, oblong, and terminating in a rounded head, nearly 

 straight or slightly bending inwards. In the upper jaw 

 four incisors, on each side two, of which the first is longest ; 

 in the lower aw six, each of which has three lobes ; grinders 

 five on either side, above and below ; the first in the upper 

 and the two first in the lower jaw with only one point; of 

 these last-mentioned teeth, the second is longer than the 

 first; the other grinders in the lower jaw have each five 

 points, three on the inner and two on the outer margin, 

 which last are alternately long and short. Fur rather long 

 and silky, yellowish red on the forehead and at the base of 

 the ears, on the rest of the upper parts reddish brown, 

 with the lower half of each hair dusky ; on the under parts 



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