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inclining to reddish, thickly interspersed with long black hairs. 

 Muzzle and face grey, whiskers dark brown or black. On the 

 sides of the body the black hairs are less numerous and shorter, 

 and the yellow colour lighter. On the lower surface the basal 

 fur is grey, not so dark as on the back, and more broadly tipped 

 with yellow, which however is very pale. Ears small, almost 

 naked without, and sparingly clothed with short yellowish- 

 brown hairs within- laid forward, they fail to reach the eye by 

 their own length. Limbs thickly clothed with greyish-brown 

 hairs. Tail shorter than the head and body; the hairs are longer 

 than two scales, but do not conceal them, they are not particularly 

 stiff and are of black colour ; twelve scales to the centimetre. 

 Mammae 2 -i- 3 = 10. 



Dimensions. 



A. S 



Head and body 



Tail 



Length of head 

 Muzzle to ear . . . 



Ear 



Forearm and hand 



Hind foot 



Heel to front of last foot pad 



Last foot-pad 



1730 mm. 



1160 „ 



45-5 „ 



36-6 „ 



21-0 „ 



39-5 „ 



31-2 „ 



150 „ 



4-0 „ 



B. ? 

 176'0 mm. 

 1190 



44-0 



34-0 



200 



41-5 



29-3 



14-5 

 3 6 



Figr. 1. 



Skull. — Stout, compared with 

 Miis decumanus, deeper and con- 

 siderably more arched, the nasal 

 region shorter and thicker ; the 

 nasals do not project beyond the 

 line of the premaxillary, they 

 are wide in front but taper back- 

 wards, so that the posterior is 

 only one-third the width of the 

 anterior portion. The narrowed 

 part is sunk below the level of 

 the premaxillaries which form a 



ridge on each side. The supraorbital ridge is very marked, and 

 forms a distinct beading, but loses that character on the temporal 

 region. The interparietal is short, but of average width, its front 

 margin forming a nearly straight suture with the parietals. The 

 anterior palatina foramina are narrow and extend backwards to 

 the anterior margin of the first molars. The anterior zygoma root 

 has the angle rounded, the front edge is vertical and slightly con- 

 cave ; the foramen magnum is wider than deep. The mandible 

 is very powerful, with strong muscle ridges ; in front of the anterior 

 molar it is nearly vertical, and the incisor capsule is large and 

 deflected outwards. 



