FAUNA AMERICANA. iGfJ 



Vhar. Essent. Colour a deep chesnut above, 

 striped with six white lines, alternating with an 

 equal number of longitudinal rows of white spots; 

 white beneath. 



Dimensions. Total length six inches five-tenths; 

 of the tail, less than two inches. 



Description. Head small, rather flattened 

 above ; snout conical ; body elongated, low set, 

 thickest behind ; extremities short, nearly of equal 

 length ; feet covered with hair even to the base of 

 the nails ; colour of the animal above of a deep 

 chesnut, and marked with six longitudinal lines, 

 commencing at the occiput, and running the whole 

 length of the body, alternating with a series of 

 white oblong spots, commencing at the shoulders, 

 and continuing along the body ; the middle dorsal 

 line is composed of these spots, about eighteen in 

 number, which commence at the nucha and are 

 continued to the base of the tail ; throat, breast 

 and belly nearly white ; tail short, surrounded 

 with hairs longer than on the body, rather bushy, 

 and of a whitish colour, mixed with black ; feet 

 whitish, covered with fine hairs, and terminated 

 by five clawed toes before and behind. Nails on 

 the three middle toes of the fore feet long, subu- 

 late, blackish ; the middle toe nail is the longest ; 

 the external and internal toes and nails very short; 

 hind feet broad and flat ; the three middle claws 

 nearly equal ; the external and internal nails like 

 those of the fore foot verv short. The whole ani- 



