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provided with a well-developed naked meatal valve. Hands 

 and feet normal; claws of hind-foot slightly the longer; thumb 

 small, furnished with a flattened nail. Palmar pads 5 ; plantar 



Fig. 87. — Avteliomys wardi Thomas. 



Dorsal, lateral, and ventral views of skull; the small figure shows the 

 skull in dorsal view, natural size. 



pads 6, all well developed; sole hairy between heel and pads. 

 Tail from one-third to about one-half the length of the head and 

 body; well clothed with stiff hairs, forming a thin and short 

 terminal pencil, but leaving the scaly annulations plainly visible. 

 Mammae — 2 = 4. 



