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the hind feet longer, with the first toe a little shorter than the fifth, the 

 rest nearly equal, but the second shorter, the claws more slender, the 

 sole bare, with seven tubercles and numerous papillae; the tail four- 

 sided, narrower at the base, afterwards of nearly equal breadth, de- 

 pressed toward the end, scaly, with short, ^dpressed hairs, the tefminaJ 

 fornaing a stifiish point. 



The fur is soft, close, somewhat velvety ; on the upper parts dark 

 reddish-brown, or dull brown, sometimes intermixed with Tfhitish hairs ; 

 on the sides reddish-brown or light greyish-brown ; beneath greyish- 

 white, on the breast tinged witli yellowish^ The lower surface of the 

 jsnout, and the lower lip, flesh-coloured. The feet pale flesh-coloured. 

 The snout with long, spreading, extremely fine bristles. The feet not 

 ciliated, but having short, adpressed hairs. The tail dusky -brown above, 

 silvery-grey beneath and on half the sides. 



Canine teetii i, anterior molar |, molar ^ = *^ = 32. 



In the upper jaw, on each side, the canine tooth biiobate, obliquely 

 compressed, obtuse, the terminal lobe considerably elongated, decuryed 

 in about the eighth of a circle, obtuse, but thin- edged at the end, curved 

 inward, the two teeth meeting near the end. First laniar tooth ob- 

 liquely compressed, rounded, or rather pointed at the end, about the 

 same size as the basal lobe of the canine tooth, or rather larger ; se- 

 iGond similar, about the same size, and equal in length ; third much 

 smaller, and less elevated; fourth a little smaller, fifth much smaller. 

 First molar tooth large, with two anterior external, conical, rather acute 

 prominences ; the second larger, and a thin-edged ridge behind, termi- 

 nating in a slight prominence in contact with the next ; a little behind the 

 anterior lobe internally is a small lobe, and nearly in a line with these 

 two an internal less elevated lobe. Second grinder smaller, with three 

 external lobes, two internal terminating the transverse grooves between 

 the outer lobes, and two inner lobes. Third grinder with three exter- 

 nal lobes, two internal, and two inner. Fourth grinder very small, 

 transverse, with the crown irregularly concave, and a posterior prominent 

 thin edge. 



In the lower jaw, the canine tooth horizontal, rather slender, obliquely 

 compressed, thin-edged, with three obtuse lobes on the margin, the last 

 lobe less elevated and broader, the tip obtuse but thin-edged. The first 

 laniar compressed, thin-edged, rising into an anterior thin, obtuse lobe ; 

 the second larger, but similar ; the first grinder larger, with three ex- 

 ternal points, the middle largest, the anterior projecting inwards, and 

 two internal points ; the second grinder s,imilar, but smaller ; the thjrd 

 much smaller, but similar. 



The teeth are white, with the tips brownish-red, or reddish-brown, 

 sometimes blackish-brown. On the grinders of the upper jaw the red is 

 chiefly r^n the inner, on those of the k)wer jaw on the outer side. 



Entire length, . . . 

 Length of head, . . 

 Length of tail, . . 

 L^gth of fore foot, . 

 Length of hipd foot. 

 Skull in length, . . 

 Skull in breadth, . . 



Individuals vary considerably in size and colour, as well as in the 4i- 

 mensions of the snout, and in the length of the ha^s on the tail; th^y 

 being in some worn at the tip, in others forming a pointed tuft. After 

 the completion of the moult in June, the |>€ncil at th« tip of the tail is 



