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black, spiny hairs where the latter are absent. A patch of grey 

 under-fur on the outer side of the hind-limb at the lower end of 

 the hinder line of long black hairs. Inner side of hind-limb and 

 upper surface of foot white. 



Long hairs white at their base, the flattened out part and fine 

 tip being black. Under-fur on the back grey basally with a 

 white median part and an orange extremity. On the sides of the 

 body the grey is wanting, and on the under surface, chin, etc., 

 the orange is also absent. 



Muzzle fairly long and slender. 



Ears very long, narrow and pointed (Fig. 5), laid forward they 

 reach 17 mm. beyond the anterior canthus of the eye, grey 

 behind, with a brownish patch anteriorly. Metatragus about as 

 broad as long with a rounded end. 



A few long, white, whisker-like hairs just above the wrist ; the 

 longest measuring 58 mm. 



Soles of the hind foot covered with dark brown hairs up to the 

 pads at the base of the fourth or fifth toes. 



Tail distinctly bicolour for its whole length. The upper 

 surface with black (or very dark brown) spiny hairs sharply 

 marked oft' from the white hairs on the under surface and side. 



Mamma-, 8. Apparently two young produced at a time. 



Dimensions. 



